The Prisoner of Zenda (63 page)

vamp
VERB
vamp means to walk or tramp to somewhere
Well, vamp on to Marlott, will 'ee
(
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy)

vapours
NOUN
the vapours is an old term which means unpleasant and strange thoughts, which make the person feel nervous and unhappy
and my head was full of vapours
(
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe)

vegetables
NOUN
here vegetables means plants
the other vegetables are in the same proportion
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

venturesome
ADJ
if you are venturesome you are willing to take risks
he must be either hopelessly stupid or a venturesome fool
(
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë)

verily
ADJ
verily means really or truly
though I believe verily
(
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe)

vicinage
NOUN
vicinage is an area or the residents of an area
and to his thought the whole vicinage was haunted by her.
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)

victuals
NOUN
victuals means food
grumble a little over the victuals
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

vintage
NOUN
vintage in this context means wine
Oh, for a draught of vintage!
(
Ode on a Nightingale
by John Keats)

virtual
ADJ
here virtual means powerful or strong
had virtual faith
(
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth)

vittles
NOUN
vittles is a slang word which means food
There never was such a woman for givin' away vittles and drink
(
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott)

voided straight
PHRASE
voided straight is an old expression which means emptied immediately
see the rooms be voided straight
(
Doctor Faustus 4.1
by Christopher Marlowe)

wainscot
NOUN
wainscot is wood panel lining in a room so wainscoted means a room lined with wooden panels
in the dark wainscoted parlor
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)