_Tucks_, (improperly _Tacks_): Folds in garments.
_Turmeric:_ The root of a plant called _Curcuma longa_, a native of the
East-Indies, used as a yellow dye.
_Twaddle:_ Idle, foolish talk or conversation.
_Unbolted:_ Unsifted. _Unslacked:_ Not loosened or deprived of cohesion.
Lime, when it has been slacked, crumbles to powder from being deprived
of cohesion.
_Valance:_ The drapery or fringe hanging round the cover of a bed,
couch, or other similar article.
_Vascular:_ Relating to or full of vessels.
_Venetian:_ A kind of carpeting, composed of a striped woolen warp on a
thick woof of linen thread,
_Verisimilitude:_ Probability, resemblance to truth.
_Verbatim:_ Word for word.
_Vice versa:_ The side being changed, or the question reversed, or the
terms being exchanged.
_Viscera_, (plural of _viscus:_) Organs contained in the great cavities
of the body, the skull, the abdomen, and the chest. Generally applied to
the contents of the abdomen.
_Vitriol:_ A compound mineral salt of a very caustic taste. _Blue
Vitriol_, sulphate of copper. _Green Vitriol_, see _Copperas. _Oil of
Vitriol_, sulphuric acid.
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