v. i.
To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
a.
Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
n.
A wandering; vagrancy.
p. pl.
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
a.
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
n.
A wandering or strolling.
n.
Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.
n.
A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
n.
Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.
n.
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
n.
The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.
n.
The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
a.
Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
a.
Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
a.
Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.