Definition of van

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Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain..

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Van :: Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Incommodious :: Incommodious (a.) Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement..
Age :: Age (n.) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
Eyeservant :: Eyeservant (n.) A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations..
Use :: Use (v. t.) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..
Provant :: Provant (v. t.) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
Approach :: Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman..
Serviture :: Serviture (n.) Servants, collectively..
Villain :: Villain (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant..
Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..
Coquetry :: Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people..
Furthest :: Furthest (a.) superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates..
Philadelphian :: Philadelphian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania..
Exultation :: Exultation (n.) The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph..
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