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VAGEIT, _part. pa._ Mercenary, waged.
_Pitscottie._
VAGER, VAGEOURE, _s._ A mercenary soldier.
V. ~Wageour~.
_To_ VAIG, _v. n._
1. To wander, to roam. _Vagit_, pret.
_Complaynt S._
2. Metaph. applied to discourse.
_Mellvill's MS._
Isl. _vag-a_, _vakk-a_, vagor; Lat. _vagari_.
~Vaiger~, _s._ A stroller.
_Baillie._
_To_ VAIK, VAICK, WAKE, _v. n._ To be vacant, to be unoccupied.
_Crosraguel._
Fr. _vaqu-er_, Lat. _vac-are_.
_To_ VAIL, VALE, _v. n._ To make obeisance, to bow.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _veill-er_, to watch, studiously to attend.
VAILYE QUOD VAILYE, at all adventures, be the issue as it will.
_Doug._
Fr. _vaille que vaille_, Lat. _valeat quantum valere potest_.
_To_ VAKE, _v. n._ To watch, to observe.
Lat. _vac-are_.
_Douglas._
VALE, _s._ The gunwale of a vessel.
V. ~Wail~.
_Douglas._
_To_ VALE, _v. n._ To descend.
_K. Quair._
O. Fr. _aval-er_, id.
VALENTINE, _s._
1. A billet, which is folded in a particular way, and sent by one young person to another, on St Valentine's day, the 14th of February, S.
2. A sealed letter sent by royal authority, for the purpose of apprehending disorderly persons.
_Acts Ja. VI._
VALISES, _s. pl._ Saddlebags, S. _wallees_.
V. ~Wallees~.
_G.o.dscroft._
VALOUR, VALURE, _s._ Value; Fr. _valeur_.
_Quon. Att._
_To_ VAMPER, _v. n._ To make an ostentatious appearance, S. A.
C. B. _gwemp_, splendid.
VANE, _s._
1. A vein.
_Douglas._
