Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Vantage game

Van″tage game. (Lawn Tennis) The first game after the set is deuce. See Set, n., 9.

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Vantage point

Vantage point. A point giving advantage; vantage ground.

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Vantbrace

{ Vant″brace (vȧnt″brās), Vant″brass (–brȧs), } n. [F. avant fore + bras arm: cf. F. brassard armor for the arm, brace, forearm. Cf. Vambrace.] (Anc. Armor) Armor for the arm; v...

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Vanward

Van″ward (?), a. Being on, or towards, the van, or front. “The vanward frontier.” De Quincey.

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Vap

Vap (?), n. [See Vapid.] That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put it nothing...

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Vapid

Vap″id (văp″ĭd), a. [L. vapidus having lost its life and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.] Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; ins...

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Vapidity

Va‐pid″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.

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Vapor

Va″por (?), n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. � smoke, � to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Rus...

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Vapor (2)

Va″por, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Vapored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also vapour.]1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating subst...

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Vapor (3)

Va″por, v. t. To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid. [Written also vapour.]He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away,Another, sighing, vapor...

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Vapor galvanizing

Va″por gal″va‐niz′ing. (Metal.) A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizi...

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Vapor pressure

{ Vapor pressureortension }. (Physics) The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor. The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and ma...

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Vaporability

Vap′o‐ra‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vaporable.

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Vaporable

Vap″o‐ra‐ble (?), a. Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.

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Vaporate

Vap″o‐rate (?), v. i. [L. vaporare, vaporatum. See Vapor.] To emit vapor; to evaporate.

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Vaporation

Vap′o‐ra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vaporation, L. vaporatio.] The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.

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Vapored

Va″pored (?), a. 1. Wet with vapors; moist.2. Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.

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Vaporer

Va″por‐er (?), n. One who vapors; a braggart.Vaporer moth. (Zoöl.) See Orgyia.

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Vaporiferous

Vap′o‐rif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. vaporifer; vapor + ferre to bear.] Conveying or producing vapor.

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Vaporific

Vap′o‐rif″ic (?), a. [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.] (Chem.) Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a...

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Vaporiform

Va‐por″i‐form (?), a. Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance.

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Vaporimeter

Vap′o‐rim″e‐ter (?), n. [Vapor + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer i...

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Vaporing

Va″por‐ing (?), a. Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. — Va″por‐ing‐ly, adv.

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Vaporish

Va″por‐ish, a. 1. Full of vapors; vaporous.2. Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd. Pope.

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Vaporizable

Vap″o‐ri′za‐ble (văp″ō̍‐rī′zȧ‐b'l or vā″pẽr‐ī′–; 110), a. Capable of being vaporized, or converted into vapor.

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Vaporization

Vap′o‐ri‐za″tion (văp′ō̍‐rī‐zȧ″shŭn or vā′pẽr‐ī–), n. [Cf. F. vaporisation.] The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formati...

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Vaporize

Vap″o‐rize (văp″ō̍‐rīz or vā″pẽr‐īz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Vaporized (–rīzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Vaporizing (–rī′zĭng).] [Cf. F. vaporiser.] To convert into vapor, as by the applicati...