Chapter Virgilius to VXL of V by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Vox Populi Vox Dei This does not mean that the voice of the many is wise and good, but only that it is irresistible. You might as well try to stop the tide of the Atlantic as to resist the vox populi. As God's laws cannot be withstood, neither can the popular will. After Edward II. had been dethroned by the people in favour of his son (Edward III.), Simon Mepham, Archbishop of Canterbury, preached from these words as his text.

Vulcan The divine blacksmith, whose workshop was on Mount Etna, where the Cyclops assisted him in forging thunderbolts for Jove. He was also called Mulciber.

Vulcan's Badge That of cuckoldom. Venus was Vulcan's wife, but her amour with Mars gave Vulcan the badge referred to.

Vulcanised Indiarubber India-rubber combined with sulphur by vulcanic agency or heat, by which means the caoutchouc absorbs the sulphur and becomes carbonised.

Vulcanist One who supports the Vulcanian or Plutonian theory, which ascribes the changes on the earth's surface to the agency of fire. These theorists say the earth was once in a state of igneous fusion, and that the crust has gradually cooled down to its present temperature.

Vulgar Errors
   Aristotle taught that women have more teeth than men.
   From an account given in Genesis ii. 21 it was once generally believed that a woman has one rib more than a man.
   It is a vulgar error to suppose that beetles and moles are blind.
   It is a vulgar error to suppose that lowly-organised animals are as sensible of pain as the highly-organised are.
   To exhaust the subject of vulgar errors would require many pages of this Dictionary. Every reader will be able to add to the few examples given above. (See Upas Tree.)

VXL a monogram on lockets, etc., stands for U XL (you excel).