Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Vanillate

Va‐nil″late (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of vanillic acid.

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Vanillic

Va‐nil″lic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being...

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Vanillin

Va‐nil″lin (?), n.(Chem.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the ...

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Vanilloes

Va‐nil″loes (?), n. pl. An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.

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Vanillyl

Va‐nil″lyl (?), n. [Vanillic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.

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Vaniloquence

Va‐nil″o‐quence (?), n. [L. vaniloquentia; vanus vain + loquentia talk, loqui to speak.] Vain or foolish talk.

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Vaniloquent

Va‐nil″o‐quent (?), a. Talking foolishly.

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Vanish

Van″ish (văn″ĭsh), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Vanished (–ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Vanishing.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L....

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Vanish (2)

Van″ish (văn″ĭsh), n.(Phon.) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a va...

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Vanishing

Van″ish‐ing (?), a. & n. from Vanish, v.Vanishing fraction(Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form % for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in cons...

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Vanishment

Van″ish‐ment (?), n. A vanishing.

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Vanity

Van″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Vanities (#). [OE. vanite, F. vanité, L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain.]1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desir...

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Vanity box

Van″i‐ty box. A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on a chain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small toilet articles for a woman.

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Vanjas

Van″jas (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers w...

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Vanner

Van″ner (?), n.(Mining) A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.

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Vanner hawk

Van″ner hawk′ (?). The kestrel.

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Vanning

Van″ning, n.(Mining) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.

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Vanquish

Van″quish (văṉ″kwĭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Vanquished (–kwĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Vanquishing.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen, F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret...

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Vanquish (2)

Van″quish, n.(Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also vinquish.]

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Vanquishable

Van″quish‐a‐ble (?), a. That may be vanquished.

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Vanquisher

Van″quish‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, vanquishes. Milton.

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Vanquishment

Van″quish‐ment (?), n. The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished. Bp. Hall.

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Vansire

Van″sire (?), n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.] (Zoöl.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled...

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Vant

Vant (?), v. i. See Vaunt.

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Vant-courier

Vant″–cou′ri‐er (–ko͞o′rĭ‐ẽr), n. An avant-courier. See Van-courier. Holland.

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Vantage

Van″tage (?; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE. avantage,fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.]1. Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.O happy vantag...

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Vantage (2)

Van″tage, v. t. To profit; to aid. Spenser.