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n. [ Cf. Feese, n. ] Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] A bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vesica piscis. [ L., fish bladder. ] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vesica bladder. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vesica blister: cf. F. vésicant. ] (Med.) A vesicatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vesicated p. pr. & vb. n. Vesicating. ] [ See Vesicant. ] (Med.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. vésication. ] (Med.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. vésicatoire. ] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. -- n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F. vésicule. ] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) (Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) (Med.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Anat.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) (Zool.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) (Geol.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass. [ 1913 Webster ]