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@@ -4384,7 +4384,7 @@ dwarven root
        are greedy and thriftless, and would not spare till all the
        plants had perished; whereas now they pass them by as they go
        blundering in the wild. No more will you learn of me; but you
-       may have enough of my bounty, as long as you speak fair and 
+       may have enough of my bounty, as long as you speak fair and
        do not spy or steal." Then again he laughed in his throat.
        
        "They are of great worth." he said. "More than gold in the
@@ -5344,11 +5344,26 @@ valkyrie
 vampire
 ~vampire bat
 vampire lord
+       He can transform himself to wolf, as we gather from the ship
+       arrival in Whitby, when he tear open the dog; he can be as
+       bat, as Madam Mina saw him on the window at Whitby, and as
+       friend John saw him fly from this so near house, and as my
+       friend Quincey saw him at the window of Miss Lucy. He can come
+       in mist which he create--that noble ship's captain proved him
+       of this; but, from what we know, the distance he can make this
+       mist is limited, and it can only be round himself. He come on
+       moonlight rays as elemental dust--as again Jonathan saw those
+       sisters in the castle of Dracula. He become so small--we
+       ourselves saw Miss Lucy, ere she was at peace, slip through a
+       hairbreadth space at the tomb door.
+               [ Dracula, by Bram Stoker ]
+
        The Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
        _vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
        the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
        corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
        the blood of sleeping persons. ..."
+               []
 venus
        Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, was the daughter of
        Jupiter and Dione.  Others say that Venus sprang from the
@@ -5374,11 +5389,10 @@ vlad*
 *vortex
 vortices
        Swirling clouds of pure elemental energies, the vortices are
-       thought to be related to the larger elementals.  Though the
-       vortices do no damage when touched, they are noted for being
-       able to envelop unwary travellers.  The hapless fool thus
-       swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from exposure to the
-       element the vortex is composed of.
+       thought to be related to the larger elementals.  They are
+       noted for being able to envelop unwary travellers.  The
+       hapless fool thus swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from
+       exposure to the element the vortex is composed of.
 vrock
        The vrock is one of the weaker forms of demon.  It resembles
        a cross between a human being and a vulture and does physical