Uvularia
a genus of plants, order Liliaceæ. The mealy bellwort, U. perfoliata, is a handsome, smooth plant, found in woods in the United States and Canada; stem 10-14 inches high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, and dividing into two branches at top; flowers pale-yellow.
V, v, the 22d letter, and the 17th consonant of the English alphabet. It represents a labial or labio-dental consonant sound, and is produced by the junction of the lower lip and upper teeth, as in ov, eve, vain. The sound of v differs from that of f, which is produced in the same way, in being voiced, while that of f is breathed. Both v and f are also continuous consonants, and also belong to the class of the spirants.
V in Middle English is commonly written u in MSS., and convers appears as v, most frequently at the beginning of words, and conversely u sometimes metimes and especially in the word vs, vse, vp, vnto, vnder, and_vn-, used as a prefix. As noted under U, u and v were formerly the same letter, and in dictionaries and alphabetical lists words beginning with U and V were, up till a comparatively recent date, combined. [U.] The Latin v, or rather consonant u, was probably pronounced as w; as in vespa = wasp. A very large proportion of the words which begin with v are of French or Latin origin only vane, vat, vinewed, and vixen being origin, in heofon heaven, of f=of of (ov). (ov English. The v did not exist Anglo-Saxon, its sound being represented by f, as in [F.] By this may be explained the change of consonant in the plurals in such words as thief, plural thieves, wolf, plural, wolves, etc. V frequently re- places f, as in vat = Middle English such words as thief, plural thieves, wolf, plural, wolves, etc. places f, as in vat = Middle English fat; vetches = Middle English fetches (at the present day so pronounced in the Midland counties), etc. In the dialects of the S. of England v is still commonly used where other dialects have f: as vo= V frequently refoe, vinger = finger, etc. V in some Romance words represents ph, as vial = phial, Middle English visnomy = physiognomy, etc. V has been changed to (1) w in periwinkle = French pervenche, Latin perivinca; (2) tom in malmsey=Middle English malvesie, Old French, malvoisie. In vulgar speech, especially of Londoners, vis sometimes used for w, and, conversely, w for v; as a final v sound often occurs), nor is it ever doubled. vell for well, wery for very. V nev pears as a final letter in English (thou V as a symbol is used: (1) As a nu- (6) In music: As an abbreviation of finance: For $5; as I'll give a V for it (from the letter V on the bill). (8) In electrics: As a symbol for volt. States, schools conducted for the pur- pose of teaching useful occupations to VACATION SCHOOLS, in the United the poor children of large cities. The idea originated in Boston, where the first school was held during six weeks for 5,000. (2) In chemistry: For the element vanadium. (3) In heraldry: For vert, in the tricking of arms with a pen and ink. (4) In law: For versus (Latin) movement spread to New York, Chicago, and other large cities and in 1920 pracfinance: For $5; as I'll give a V for it (5) In physics: For velocity or volume. violino, violini, voce, volta, etc. (7) In (from the letter V on the bill). (8) In electrics: As a symbol for volt.