Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VAUNT, n. [Fr. avant.]

The first part. [Not used.] Shak.

VAUNT, v.i.¹ [Fr. vanter; It. vantarsi, from vanto, a boasting, from vano, vain, L. vanus. This ought to be written vant.]

To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments or decorations; to talk with vain ostentation; to brag. Pride – prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is. Gov. of the Tongue.

VAUNT, v.t.²

To boast of; to make a vain display of. My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton. Charity vaunteth not itself. 1 Cor. xiii.

VAUNT-COU'RIER, n. [Fr. avant-coureur.]

A precursor. Shak.

VAUNT'ED, pp.

Vainly boasted of or displayed.

VAUNT'ER, n.

A vain conceited boaster; a braggart; a man given to vain ostentation. Spenser.

VAUNT'FUL, a.

Boastful; vainly ostentatious.

VAUNT'ING, ppr.

Vainly boasting; ostentatiously setting forth what one is or has.

VAUNT'ING-LY, adv.

Boastfully; with vain ostentation. Shak.

VAUNT'MURE, n. [Fr. avant-mur.]

A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall. Camden.

VAU'QUE-LIN-ITE, n.

Chromate of copper and lead, green of various shades. Ure.

VAV'A-SOR, n. [This word in old books is variously written, valvasor, vavasour, valvasour. It is said to be from vassal. But qu.]

Camden holds that the vavasor was next below a baron. Du Cange maintains that there were two sorts of vavasors; the greater, who held of the king, such as barons and counts; and the lesser, called valvasini, who held of the former. The dignity or rank is no longer in use, and the name is known only in books. Cyc.

VAV'A-SO-RY, n.

The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor. Cyc.

VA'WARD, n. [van and ward.]

The fore part. [Obs.] Shak.

VEAL, n. [Fr. veau, a calf; probably contracted from L. vitellus.]

The flesh of a calf killed for the table.

VEC'TION, n. [L. vectio, from veho, to carry.]

The act of carrying, or state of being carried. [Not in use.]

VEC-TI-TA'TION, n. [L. vectito.]

A carrying. [Not in use.] Arbuthnot.

VEC'TOR, n. [L. from veho, to carry.]

In astronomy, a line supposed to be drawn from any planet moving round a center or the focus of an ellipsis, to that center or focus.

VEC'TURE, n. [L. vectura, from veho, supra.]

A carrying; carriage; conveyance by carrying. [Little used.] Bacon.

VE'DA, n.

The name of the collective body of the Hindoo sacred writings. These are divided into four parts or vedas. The word is sometimes written vedam. Sir W. Jones. Colebrooke.

VE-DET, or VE-DETTE, n. [Fr. vedette; It. vedetta, from vedere, L. video, to see.]

A sentinel on horseback. A dragoon or horseman stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.

VEER, v.i. [Fr. virer; Sp. birar; D. vieren; allied probably to L. vario and verto. See Ware.]

To turn; to change direction; as, the wind veers to the west or north. And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden. And turn your veering heart with ev'ry gale. Roscommon. To veer and haul, as wind, to alter its direction.

VEER, v.t.

To turn; to direct to a different course. To veer out, to suffer to run or to let out to a greater length; as, to veer out a rope. To veer away, to let out; to slacken and let run; as, to veer away the cable. This is called also paying out the cable. To veer and haul, to pull tight and slacken alternately. Mar. Dict.

VEER'A-BLE, a.

Changeable; shifting. [Not in use.] Randolph.

VEER'ED, pp.

Turned; changed in direction; let out.