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n. [ Cf. Cheven. ] (Zool.) The chub. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. invendibilis. See In- not, and Vendible. ] Not vendible or salable. Jefferson. -- In*vend"i*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave. to wash, and cf. Lavender. ] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (Lavandula Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground cypress. --
Lavender water, a perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. --
Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary. --
To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖ [ L. ] Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A seller of newspapers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Provand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. provende, F. provende, provisions, provender, fr. LL. praebenda (prae and pro being confused), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See Prebend. ] 1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. “Hay or other provender.” Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good provender laboring horses would have. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Food or provisions. [ R or Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Revendicated p. pr. & vb. n. Revendicating. ][ Cf. F. revendiquer. See Revenge. ] To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [ R. ] Vattel (Trans.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. revendication. ] The act of revendicating. [ R. ] Vattel (Trans.) [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. solvendus to be loosened or dissolved, fr. solvere. See Solution. ] A substance to be dissolved. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vended; p. pr. & vb. n. Vending. ] [ F. vendre, L. vendere, from venum dare; venus sale + dare to give. See 2d Venal, Date, time. ] To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Vend differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and tenements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of vending or selling; a sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or Coregonus Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. vindemia vintage. ] The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This calendar was substituted for the ordinary calendar, dating from the Christian era, by a decree of the National Convention in 1793. The 22d of September, 1792, which had been fixed upon as the day of the foundation of the republic, was also the date of the new calendar. In this calendar, the year, which began at midnight of the day of the autumnal equinox, was divided into twelve months of thirty days, with five additional days for festivals, and every fourth year six. Each month was divided into three decades of ten days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor), and Fructidor. This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January 1, 1806. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Vend: cf. F. vendeur, OF. vendeor. Cf. Vendor. ] One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] 1. A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any feud or contention that is bitter and prolonged; however, the deep enmity may be held by only one party to the dispute; as, the former Mayor nurtured a lifelong vendetta against the candidate who defeated him. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being vendible, or salable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vendibilis: cf. OF. vendible, F. vendable. ] Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The regulating of prices of things vendible. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies proper or fit for market, according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something to be sold, or offered for sale. -- Vend"i*ble*ness, n. -- Vend"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Venditation. ] To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. venditatio, fr. venditare, venditatum, to offer again and again for sale, v. freq. of vendere. See Vend. ] The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. venditio: cf. F. vendition. ] The act of vending, or selling; sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ See Vender. ] A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) An implied lien (that is, one not created by mortgage or other express agreement) given in equity to a vendor of lands for the unpaid purchase money. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Wends. [ 1913 Webster ]