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Vienna (iou)



Vienna noun. L18.
[The capital of Austria.]
I.
Used attrib. to designate things from or associated with Vienna; spec. designating (items made of) a hard-paste porcelain, often richly decorated, manufactured in Vienna from 1719 to 1864. L18.
Vienna Circle a group of empiricist philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians based at Vienna University from the 1920s to 1938 who were chiefly concerned with methods of determining significance, the formalization of language, the unification of science, and the elimination of metaphysics. Vienna coup Bridge the playing of the highest ranking card of a suit as a preparation for eventually forcing an opponent to discard winning cards. Vienna paste a paste made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime. Vienna sausage a small frankfurter made of pork, beef, or veal. Vienna Secession = SECESSION 3b. Vienna SCHNITZEL. Vienna steak a flat rissole made of minced meat. Vienna white = CREMNITZ WHITE.
Used attrib. to designate a grade of wheat-flour and types of bread and cake made from this. M19.
II. ellipt.
Vienna porcelain. E20.
A Vienna sausage. M20.