A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

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 woollen 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 abdomen and in the chest. _Vitriol_, a compound mineral salt, of a very caustic taste. _Blue vitriol_, sulphate of copper. _Green vitriol_, see _Copperas_. _Oil of vitriol_, sulphuric acid. _White vitriol_, sulphate of zinc. _Waffle-iron_, an iron utensil for the purpose of baking waffles, which are thin and soft cakes indented by the iron in which they are baked. _Washleather_, a soft, pliable leather, dressed with oil, and in such a way, that it may be washed, without shrinking. It is used for various articles of dress, as under-shirts, drawers, &c., and also for rubbing silver, and other articles having a high polish. The article known, in commerce, as chamois, or shammy, leather, is also called wash-leather. _Welting cord_, a cord sewed into the welt or border of a garment. The _West_, or _Western World_. When used in Europe, or in distinction from the Eastern World, it means America. When used in this Country, the West refers to the Western States of the Union. _Western Wilds_, the wild, thinly-settled lands of the Western States. _White vitriol_, see _Zinc_. _Wilton carpet_, a kind of carpets, made in England, and so called from the place which is the chief seat of their manufacture. They are woollen velvets, with variegated colors. _Writ of lunacy_, see _Lunacy_. _Xantippe_, the wife of Socrates, noted for her violent temper and scolding