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VAINGLOBY.<br />
o. a 1300 Cursor M. 26933 Noght als intent o waynglori,<br />
Orals ))is ypocrites dos. es, Auauntyng vp-on my veine<br />
glorie for eny vndernymynge. c 1430 tr. De Imitatione m.<br />
xlv. 116 Verily, veyn glory is an euel pestilence & grettist<br />
vanyte. 1484 Caxton Fables 0/Avian vi, He that laketh<br />
within hym self vayne gloiye of that thynge by the whiche<br />
he shold humble hym self is a very fole. 1535 JoYE Apol.<br />
Tindale (Arb.) 22 For he that doth a thing secretly, . , how<br />
seketh he vaynglory ? 1583 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's<br />
Voy. IV. xxxiv. 156 b. Through the. .increase of their power,<br />
they fell into such a vainglory and arrogancy. 1637 in<br />
Foster Eng. Factories India (1909) IH. 174 Their trade. .is<br />
not augmented but deminnished by vayneglorie and unnecessarie<br />
disburcements. 1636 Eaih Monm. tr. Boccalinis<br />
Advis. /r. Parnass. 1. xxxv. (1674) 44 Tamberlan the<br />
Scythian . . had the vain-glory to be called the Emperor of<br />
the East. 1710 Norris Ckr. Prud. vii. 309 Vainglory,<br />
whereby Men affect a great many dry and insipid Studies<br />
..only to please others, and procure from them a blind<br />
Admiration. 178a Miss Burnev Cecilia vii. v. Thus have I<br />
..acknowledged my vain-glory. 1841 Helps Ess., Exerc.<br />
Benevolence (1875) 34 That portion of his thinking time<br />
which he spends upon vain-glory, upon imagining, for instance,<br />
what other people are thinking about him. 1878 B.<br />
Taylor Deukalion lii. ii. 106 The wisdom of the world?<br />
Nay : 'tis vain-glory.<br />
S. 1390 Gower Con/. 1 1. 35 Bot he such veine gloire hadde<br />
Of that he was set upon hyh. c 1415 Wyntoun Cron. iv.<br />
2610 ni vsurpe til hym J>at nayme It war bot wayne glore<br />
or defame, oisoo Rails Raving, etc 3644 To schaw hire<br />
proud, at men may see. Is pryd, wanglore, and vanite. 1500ao<br />
Dunbar Poems ix. iiB, I synnit. . In fals vane gloir and<br />
deidis negligent<br />
b. In the fia. for vainglory.<br />
C1380 Wyclif IVJts. (1880) 3 Men doon t>is nouelrie for<br />
vein gbrie. 1387 Thevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 367 Som<br />
men telle); l>at Anstotil made his bookcs so schortliche and<br />
so hard for cnvie and for vaynglorie. a 1548 Hall Chrou.,<br />
Hen. ly, 23 He .. mervailed that the duke..wolde nowe<br />
for vainglory under colour of doyng dedes of Armcs..<br />
violate the peace.<br />
c. As a personal name, or in personified nse.<br />
c 1400 St. Alexius (Laud MS.) X004 Hou his fader sergeauntz<br />
alle, veyn glorie gonne hym calle. And gorre on hym<br />
gonne browe. 14.. Wky I can't be Nun 228 in E.E. P.<br />
(1862) 144 Dame sclowthe and dame veyne glory. i<br />
•" vaincnes of this life is greater then the profit.<br />
1648 W. Browne Polexena v. i. 284, I knew the vainnesse<br />
of my hopes, and the just cause Alcidiana had to punish my<br />
boldnesse. 1719 D Urfev Pills (.872) IV. 303 Beauty<br />
shew d the vainess of Defence, When Phillis does Invade.<br />
X849 Robertson Serm. Ser. 1. xix. (i86«) 314 Pilate, feeling<br />
the vainness . . of these pretensions. 189a At/uxattm 18 June<br />
790/1 i. he vainness of this and that creed.<br />
b. Vanity, esp. personal vanity or conceit Now<br />
rare,<br />
a iS8« SiDNEV Ps. XXVI. iii, I did not them frequent. Who<br />
be to vainesse bent. 1599 Shaks. Hen. V, v. Prol. 20 Free<br />
Irom vain-nesse, and selfe-glorious pride. 160a Palfreyman<br />
Baldwin s Mor. Pkilos. 1. 12 Hee despised .. much all vainnesse<br />
of apparell. 1645 Wither Vox Pacifica 19 The vice*<br />
and the vainnesse of thy tongue. 2815 Coleridge Lett,<br />
Lonvers., etc. II. 179 Mr. Chance is a self.satisfied man, but<br />
of the very best sort... I regard such vainness but as the<br />
overflow of humanity.<br />
t o. Foolishness, stupidity. Obs.-'^<br />
1591 Spenser Vis. Worlds Vanitie vi, O how great<br />
vainnesse is it then to scorne The weake.<br />
t Vainquer. Obs. rare. In 5 vaynquer, Sc.<br />
vainour. [a. OF. vainqu{t)erre , veittqueor, etc.<br />
(mod.F. vaittqueur), f. vaincre to conquer.] A<br />
conqueror, vanquisher, victor.<br />
1456 Sir G. Have Law Arms (S.T.S.) 272 Thare cummys<br />
the vaincur, askand jugment of rycht. 1481 Caxton God/rey<br />
ecu. 296 Ihenne made they.moche ioye & grete, as doon<br />
the vaynquers and conquerours whan they departe ^ thevr<br />
gayne.<br />
t~ 3<br />
tVain^UeresS. Obs.-^ In 6 venqueresse.<br />
[a. OF. vainqueresse, veinq- : see prec] A female<br />
conqueror or vanquisher.<br />
0.S13 Vkwkh Chrou. VI. clxxx. (1811) 178 Elfleda that<br />
shel— heldes.. so . ofte „,.^^ dyd u,u rayse i*ysc Agayne rtgayne her ner enemyes, this tbis noble noble<br />
venqueresse Virago and made, whose venue can I nat<br />
expresse.<br />
vair (ve»j), sb. Forms : 4 velr(e, veyr(o, 5<br />
feyre ; 4, 6-8 vaire, 4, 8- vair, Sc. wayre, 7 vayre,<br />
9 dial, vare, fare, viare, etc. [a. OF. vair,<br />
veir (also nom. vairs) :—L. varium, ace. sing,<br />
masc. of varius parti-coloured. Cf. med.L. varius<br />
also vairus, vayrus, veyrus (from OF.), and vaju's<br />
(from It. vajo), in the same sense.]<br />
1. A fur obtained from a variety of squirrel with<br />
grey back and white belly, much used in the 13th<br />
and 14th centuries as a trimming or lining for garments.<br />
Now only arch.<br />
Colgrave's definition of F. vair as ' a rich furre of Ermines<br />
powdered thicke with blue haires ' is app. unsupported by<br />
1. In a vain or futile manner; without advantage,<br />
profit, or success ; to no effect or purpose •<br />
; in vain<br />
'<br />
uselessly, fruitlessly, ineffectually.<br />
138a Wvci^ip yames iv. 5 Wher weenen ?e, that veynlv<br />
RolE?"vn ' ',^! ,'387 1 "svisA<br />
TV!"'' Higden<br />
''J"" '^i""'-<br />
„ h. llif<br />
3'' "»f'- trowed<br />
'.I /°[*,"^'f"' vaynly for<br />
to -- be -----".«-« defended and -..« helped ...;.p.:u by uy ,oure ^ourc prayers. ' '»"°»'!<br />
LS."t*'^'''"'i*''"v,"'' hope To<br />
"««h" vainly<br />
be invulnerable,<br />
,69s Ld. Preston Boeth. .. ,2<br />
rtion of this vairefyou shall<br />
the very<br />
eiily^disceme<br />
shape of the case or skinne of little beasts in<br />
l6aa Peacham them<br />
C«„//. Gent. xv. (1906) 194 Qu« e'r?<br />
and Vaire. GuS<br />
.637 Camden's Rem. 209 Hubert de Burg?<br />
. who bare for his Armes . in a Shield, Gules seven Lozenfes<br />
"""".' 5' Chambers Cycl. s.v.<br />
3|J- , f'* Furr, The<br />
use two HeraUs<br />
Metals,. .and two Furrs, or hairy Skins Ermin^<br />
and Vaire. 17« Porny Heraldry iii. (j^yfC^l'vJh^'Pn<br />
po.ntoT Vair.e,^tal, is said when the poini o? a Vair U<br />
opposite to the Base of another. 1816 Gentl. Mag March<br />
223 A fesse between two chevrons Vaire. c 1818 Bfrry<br />
Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Vair cuppa, or Vair TasVy is bv<br />
niost writers upon heraldry, considered a kind of fur 'and<br />
shaped in the form of cups or goblets by divisions potent<br />
counter-potent. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. ^ Pop iv (ed 3)<br />
20 Vair, Counter Vair,. .are always Argent and Azure,<br />
unless other tinctures are named in the blazon.<br />
t Vair, a. Obs.-^ Sc. In .5 wayre, •wa(i)re.<br />
[a. OF. vair, veir:—I., varium: see prec. and<br />
Vary a.] Varied or variegated in colour<br />
c 14.5 WVNTOUN Cron. i. v. 217 The brukyd bestys and<br />
vS^ '"• K ''"o^' "/'^!) ''= 6"' depart fra quhyt & fayre.<br />
Vaird, obs. Sc. f. Ward.<br />
Vair(e. southern ME. varr. Fair a. and adv.<br />
tdl^rV- ^V J$''-'^^'"^*-] =VAiRTa.<br />
1058 Sir i. Browne Card. Cyrus ii HeraM= ri;c.
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