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V cry roar shout
V. cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak[obs3], shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

VLADIMIR CARLOVITCH RODE sub
SOLENI, captain IVAN ROMANOVITCH CHEBUTIKIN, army doctor (60) ALEXEY PETROVITCH FEDOTIK, sub-lieutenant VLADIMIR CARLOVITCH RODE, sub-lieutenant FERAPONT, door-keeper at local council offices, an old man ANFISA, nurse (80)
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

vulgar coruscations rumbumptious slantingdicular
How melodious and drum-like are those vulgar coruscations “rumbumptious,” “slantingdicular,” “splendiferous,” “rumbustious,” and “ferricadouzer.”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

v C6 report s
pa- v [C6] report s.o. to the police.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

verb clearly REPERTI SUNT
As you read it through, underline the principal verb, clearly REPERTI SUNT , and bracket qui to vulnerarent .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

very captivating replied St
He was a king I should have liked.’ ‘He was, indeed, very captivating,’ replied St. Germain; and he proceeded to describe his face and person, as that of a man whom he had accurately observed.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

veil curtain rifft S
Rift , sb. veil, curtain; rifft , S.—AS. rift ; cp. Icel. ript , ripti .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

vast cataracts raging storms
The noise of vast cataracts, raging storms, thunder, or artillery, awakes a great and awful sensation in the mind, though we can observe no nicety or artifice in those sorts of music.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

v c1 record s
v [c1] record s.t. on a long-playing record.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

various census returns shows
The following Table by Hartman, compiled from the various census returns, shows the per centage to the population:— European Countries.
— from Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb by W. R. (William Robert) Roe

Valparaiso commander Robert Simpson
On my arrival, I immediately went to [Pg 207] the United States Consul, Mr. William Duer, and through him transmitted to the Intendente of Valparaiso, commander Robert Simpson, my abandonment of the Florida.
— from The Sufferings and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown From an Awful Imprisonment by Chilian Convicts by Brown, Charles H., captain of the bark Florida

visible corporeal return Shall
Note the use of the simple human name; 'this same Jesus ,' and recall the thoughts that cluster round it, of the ascended humanity, and the perpetual humanity of the ascended Lord, 'the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever,' Note also the strong assertion, of visible, corporeal return: 'Shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go.'
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren

vertical chimney rises some
Immediately above the left-hand portion a vertical chimney rises some 40 ft., its lower end projecting well over the cave and manifesting no direct route of approach from below.
— from Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. 2 - Wales and Ireland by W. P. (Walter Parry) Haskett Smith

visitor charming Rea Severn
Mrs. St. James shrugs her pretty shoulders as she looks with astonishment at her young visitor, charming Rea Severn, who, as she stands before the cosy fire, tapping her small foot impatiently on the brightly polished fender, looks the original of injured dignity.
— from Zoe; Or, Some Day: A Novel by May Leonard

vain critical reflection showed
"In vain critical reflection showed these figures to be merely masks; not characters, but personified characteristics; caricatures and distortions of human nature.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster


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