A small group of dwellings in a rural area, usually ranking in size between a hamlet and a town, In law, sometimes a manor; sometimes a whole parish or subdivision of it; most commonly an outpart of a parish, consisting of a few houses separate from the rest, A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town

Plural form of village

The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls

The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season, The harvesting of a grape crop, Length of existence; age, adjective_ Of or relating to a vintage, Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic, attributively of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage, verb_ transitive To harvest (grapes), transitive To make (wine) from grapes

Any of various compounds containing the vinyl group, typically highly reactive, easily polymerized, and used as basic materials for plastics, Phonograph records considered as a group, countable Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace; desecration; an act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred or venerable things_ as, the violation of a church; infringement; transgression; non-observance_ as, a violation of law, The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated, Ravishment; rape; outrage

Plural form of violation

obsolete To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel

Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force, Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes, Intense or extreme, especially in emotion, noun_ One acting with violence, obsolete An assailant, intransitive verb_ obsolete To be violent; to act violently, transitive verb_ obsolete To urge with violence

A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics, The modern form of the smaller medieval viola da braccio, bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow