A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.
He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. Pastor said, “You need to join the Army of the Lord!”
My friend said, “I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor.”
Pastor questioned, “How come I don’t see you except at Christmas and Easter?”
He whispered back, “I’m in the Secret Service.”
n. (also veldt) s.afr. Open country. [afrikaans: related to *field]
VEND
v. Offer (small wares) for sale. vendible adj. [latin vendo sell]
VENN
diagram n. Diagram using overlapping and intersecting circles etc. To show the relationships between mathematical sets. [venn, name of a logician]
VENT
—n. - opening allowing the passage of air etc.
- outlet; free expression (gave vent to my anger).
- anus, esp. Of a lower animal. —v. - make a vent in (a cask etc.).
- give free expression to. vent one's spleen on scold or ill-treat without cause. [latin ventus wind]
- n. Slit in a garment, esp. In the lower edge of the back of a jacket. [french fente from latin findo cleave]
VERB
n. Word used to indicate action, a state, or an occurrence (e.g. Hear, be, happen). [latin verbum word]
VERY
light n. Flare projected from a pistol for signalling or illuminating part of a battlefield etc. [very, name of its inventor]
- —adv. - in a high degree (did it very easily).
- in the fullest sense (foll. By own or superl. Adj.: do your very best; my very own room). —adj. Actual; truly such (the very thing we need; his very words; the very same). not very in a low degree, far from being. Very good (or well) formula of consent or approval. Very high frequency (in radio) 30-300 megahertz. Very reverend title of a dean. [latin verus true]
VEST
—n. - undergarment worn on the trunk.
- us & austral. Waistcoat. —v. - (foll. By with) bestow (powers, authority, etc.) On.
- (foll. By in) confer (property or power) on (a person) with an immediate fixed right of future possession.
- clothe (oneself), esp. In vestments. [latin vestis garment]
VETO
—n. (pl. -es) 1 right to reject a measure, resolution, etc. Unilaterally.
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