via

prep. [ L., ablative of via way. See Way. ] By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being viable. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) (Law) The capacity of living after birth. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., from vie life, L. vita. See Vital. ] (Law) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

VIABLE, Vitae habilis, capable of living. This is said of a child who is born alive in such an advanced state of formation as to be capable of living. Unless be is born viable he acquires no rights and cannot transmit them to his heirs, and is considered as if he had never been born. Bouvier (Law Dictionary, 1856). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. via a way + -duct, as in aqueduct: cf. F. viaduc. See Via, and Aqueduct. ] A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Voyage. ] A voyage; a journey. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vialed r Vialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Vialing or Vialling. ] To put in a vial or vials. “Precious vialed liquors.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial. ] A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [ Written also phial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. via a way + -meter. ] An odometer; -- called also viatometer. [ 1913 Webster ]