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▪ I. vet, n.1|vɛt|
[Contraction of veterinarian or veterinary.]
1. A veterinary surgeon. colloq.
1862H. Marryat Year in Sweden III. 328 A lieutenant, accompanied by the vet, did the honours of the stables. 1876Burnaby Ride to Khiva xv. (ed. 3) 136 The Kirghiz themselves have but little faith in doctors or vets. 1883E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 223 A battered stud was left in the hands of the groom and the vet.
2. A doctor of medicine. slang.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 296 Vet, the, medical officer. 1938[see pill shooter s.v. pill n.2 5]. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate v. 119 ‘The vet gone?’ Gardnor said... ‘You might have a relapse.’ 1975A. Powell Hearing Distant Harmonies ii. 83 Saw my vet last week. Said he'd never inspected a fitter man of my age.
▪ II. vet, n.2
N. Amer. abbrev. of veteran n.
1848Sporting Life 17 June 190/2 The same remark may be applied to a much younger man than the above ‘vets’, whose Spring-like qualities seem to defy old winter. 1866Pictorial Bk. 452/2 Colonel A..took it upon himself to chide the exasperated and unfortunate ‘vet’ for using such unchristianlike language. 1926Amer. Speech I. 369/1 The [baseball] players are, as in the army, ‘vets’ or ‘rookies’ according to the length of time they have served. 1936Esquire Sept. 159/2 ‘Jesse Laskey's Broadway Booneing’ means that the vet producer is scouting plays and talent in N.Y. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 144/2 The Fortune survey editors..were surprised to find nearly all the vets in favor of getting inside a big business. 1968Listener 27 June 841/1 The scene is New York,..the academic ‘host’ is Columbia University, where a number of young Second World War vets..are making gestures at working for degrees. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 8c/1 When he talked to vets in other service organizations, he found a lot of them felt they owed something to the Veterans Administration too.
▪ III. vet, v.
[f. vet n.1]
1. trans. To submit (an animal) to examination or treatment by a veterinary surgeon.
1891‘Annie Thomas’ That Affair II. i. 11 Beau is shaky in his fore legs. I shall have him vetted before the races. 1904Times 9 Mar. 8/1 Of the 73 stallions..only 39 came back for a second inspection after they had been ‘vetted’.
2. To examine or treat (a person) medically.
1898B. M. Croker Peggy of the Bartons xiv, You will have them [sc. friends] round to ‘vet’ you. 1900Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 2/1 ‘Where are you going this afternoon?’.. ‘Going to be vetted,’ he grunted.
3. To examine carefully and critically for deficiencies or errors; spec. to investigate the suitability of (a person) for a post that requires loyalty and trustworthiness.
1904Kipling Traffics & Discov. 270 These are our crowd... They've been vetted, an' we're putting 'em through their paces. 1924H. A. Vachell Quinney's Adventures 267 Shelagh ‘vetted’ Dolan's brogue, and passed it as sound enough for an Irish-American. 1925E. F. Norton Fight for Everest: 1924 iii. vi. 338 He should have all equipment..completely ready three or four months before shipment—only thus can everything be properly ‘vetted’ and criticized. 1938G. Arthur Not Worth Reading viii. 110 The official in Pall Mall..who ‘vetted’ us..swallowed without a gulp some rather mendacious replies as to one's technical knowledge of the various parts of a Canadian boat. 1947E. Waugh Let. 29 May (1980) 251 The romantic castle was condemned by the architect I sent to vet it, as moribund. 1959Duke of Bedford Silver-Plated Spoon vi. 128 We went through an awful period while Brownie was ‘vetted’ at a series of interviews with relations, each more embarrassing than the last. 1978G. Greene Human Factor ii. i. 63 HQ had her vetted.
▪ IV. vet
southern ME. var. fat a., feet foot n.; southern dial. var. fet v.; obs. Sc. f. wet v., wit v. |