Virginia – Vodka
Virginia
UNIVERSITY OF, an ported at the close of 1919: Professors President, Edwin A. Alderman, LL. D. and instructors, 88; students, 1,243.
President, Edwin A. Alderman, LL. D.
Virginia City
a city and county-
Virginian Eared Owl
the Bubo virginianus, a large species common over the Northern States of the American Union. Length about two feet; reddishbrown on upper surface, mottled with black, and covered with regular bands of the same hue, lighter beneath; throat white; beak and claws black.
Virginian Opossum
the Didelphys virginianum, the common opossum.
It is about the size of a domestic cat; head long, large and pointed, ending in naked snout. Hair long, soft, and a woolly, whitish at the roots and brownish at the tips, giving the animal a dusky appearance.
VIRGINIUS AFFAIR
Viscera
in anatomy, the contents of the great cavities of the body, as of the skull, chest, and abdomen, but in popular language restricted to the organs of the thorax and abdomen; the bowels; the entrails.
Viscin
a waxy substance, the principal constituent of bird-lime, extracted from the stalks, leaves, and berries of the mistletoe. It is clear, colorless, inodorous, and tasteless, insoluble in water, but slightly soluble in alcohol, has the consistency of honey at ordinary temperatures, but becomes more fluid at 30°. Heated to 100°, it is as fluid as almond oil.
Viscosity
stickiness; in physics, resistance of a fluid to relative change in its particles; capability of a solid to yield continually under stress.
Vitebsk
capital of the province of Vitebsk, lies on both sides of the Duna, 79 miles N. W. of Smolensk. It has many churches, several synogogues, an old palace, a theater, a gymnasium, and a hospital, manufactures of mead and leather, and an active transit trade. Popabout 120,000. VITELLIN. See GLOBULIN.
Vitre
an ancient town of Brittany, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine; on the Vilaine; 24 miles E. of Rennes. It is partly surrounded with ramparts, and contains the ruined castle of the Tremouilles. Rochers, the residence of Madame de Sévigné, is 3½ miles S. Manufactures of cloth and hats are carried on. Pop. about 10,000.
Vitus' Dance
ST. See CHOREA.
Vizianagram
a town in the disber. Among many Roman and Moorish which a great market is held in Septem- There are two large squares, in one of also a college, hospital and theater. contains a cathedral with fine paintings, is old, irregularly built on a hill, and Beira; 50 miles N. N. E. of Coimbra. It VIZIER
Vodka
an intoxicating spirit distilled from rye, and formerly much used in Russia.