‖n. [ L. See Way. ] A road or way. [ 1913 Webster ]
Via Lactea [ L. ] (Astron.),
Via media [ L. ] (Theol.),
prep. [ L., ablative of via way. See Way. ] By the way of;
n. The quality or state of being viable. Specifically: -- [ 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 ]
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;
Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ L. via a way + -meter. ] An odometer; -- called also
n. [ F. viande meat, food, LL. vianda, vivanda, vivenda, properly, things to live on, fr. L. vivere to live; akin to vivus living. See Vivid, and cf. Victuals. ] An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Viands of various kinds allure the taste. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]