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VAWILLA. 37 VANISH.
Vanilla (vani-la). Also 7 vaynilla. &. 7
vinello-, 8 vanello, 8-9 vanelloe (8 -eloe) ; 8
vauilio, -illio, 8-9 vanillo-. [In earlier use a.
and ad. older Sp. vayniUa, now vainilla, dim. of
vaina (:—L. vagina Vagixa) sheath. Subsequently
a. mod. botanical L. Vanilla^ from the same
source. Cf. It. vainiglia^ Pg. bainilha^ baitnilhaj
F. vanille Vanille.]
1. A pod produced by one or other species of the
genus Vanilia (see sense 3), esp. F. planifolia.
Chiefly in pi.
a. i66x H. Stubbe Indian Nectar \\. 1 1 They added . . the
Vaynillas [to the chocolate] for the like ends, and to
strengthen the brain. Ibid. 17 Afterwards to mix the
Vaynillas, cut into pieces, and dryed. 1673 Ray Joum.
Lmv C. 485 Vanillas which they mingle with the Cacao to
make Chocolate.
/3. 1699 Dampier Voy. 38 There grow on this Coast
Vinelloes in great quantity, with which Chocolate is perfumed.
1731 Arbuthnot Alitnents vi. v. (1735) 150 When.
mix'd with VanilHos, or Spices, it [chocolate] acquires likewise
the good and bad Qualities of aromatick Oils. 1757 A.
Cooper Distiller iii. H. (1760) 220 Angelica- Seed, Vanellos
and Mace, of each one Ounce and a half 1758 Elaboratory
laid open 318 Cut the vanilloes into small pieces. i8ia J.
Smyth Pract. ofCustoms (1821) 26;^ Vanelloes are long flat
pods, containing a reddish pulp, with small shining black
seeds,.. but seldom imported. 1854 Mavne Expos. Lex.
311/2 The vanelloe is a long flattish pod [etc.].
2. The climbing orchid Vanilla planifolia, or
other species related to this; the tropical (American)
genus to which these belong.
et. 1698 T. Froger Voy. 129 The Vanilla is a plant that
creeps up along other trees, in the same manner as Ivy does,
1756 P. Browne Jamaica (1789) n Nor does the vanilla.
grow any where.. in greater perfection. 1783 Justamond
tr. RaynaTs Hist. Indies 111- 340 The vanilla is a plant
which, like the ivy, grows to the trees it meets with. ci8ao
Waterton IVand.S, Amer. (1825) 182 In some parts of these
forests I saw the Vanilla growing luxuriantly. 1843 Penny
Cycl. XXVI. 116/2 The reason of the vanilla not producing
fruit in Europe when it has flowered. 1879 Cassell's Techn.
Educ. I. 91/2 The vanilla is an epiphyte, or air-plant.
^. 1703 Propos. Effectual War in Amer. icj Cacao-Trees
and the Vanilio grow there [Granada in America] naturally.
1748 Phil, Trans. XLV. i6o The Vanelloe. With the Fruit
of this Plant the Spaniards perfume their Chocolate. 1760
J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Vanilla, or Vaneloe, Epiden.
drum. 1772-84 Cook's Voy. (1790) IV. 1323 The known kind
of plants to be found here are . . a shrubbery speedwell, sowthistles,
virgin's bower, vanelloe.
b. With pL One or other species of this genus.
1817 O. W. Roberts Voy. Centr. Anur. 87 Their country
abounded in vanilloes and sarsaparilla. 1839 Loudon
Encycl. Plants {i%-^6] 765 The Vanilla shoot out roots at
every joint like the Ivy. 1855 Kingsley IVest^v. Ho I xxiii,
One hanging garden of crimson and orange orchids or
vanillas. 1874 Athenxum 10 Oct. 488/1 La Liberti states
that a wild vanilla has been introduced into commerce.
o. With distinguishing terms.
i8j9 Loudon Encycl. Plants ( 1 836} 764 Vanilla aromatica^
aromatic Vanilla. \V.\ piani/olia^ fragrant Vanilla. 1843
Penny Cycl. XXVI. 116/1 V. claviculata. Tendril-bearing
Vanilla. . . V. graiidifloray Large-flowered Vanilla. x866
Treas. Bot. 1204/1 Cuba Vanilla, Critonia Dalea,
3. The aromatic substance composed of, or obtained
from, the slender pod-like capsule of Vanilla
planifolia or related species, much used as a flavouring
or perfume.
I7a8 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Chocolate, To have the better
market for their Cacao Nuts, Achiott, Vanilla, and other
Drugs. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. SuppL s.v., The pods , . of the
simarona, which is also called bastard Vaiiilla, are the
smallest of all the kinds. The ley kind is the only goocj
Vanilla. 1830 Lindley iVit^ Syst. Bot. 26^ The aromatic
substance called Vanilla is the succulent fruit of a climbing
West Indian plant of the order [Orchidea].; xSsa Th. Ross
tr. Humboldt s Trav. II. xvi. 63 The English and the Anglo-
Americans often seek to make purchases of vanilla at the
port of La Gua>Ta. 1870 Yeats Nat, Hist. Comut. 152 As
an aromatic, vanilla is much used by confectioners for
flavouring ices and custards.
b. A kind or variety of this. (See also quot.
1866.)
x-j^Chambers' CyiZ-SuppI. s.v., The smell of the Vanillas
ought to be penetrating and agreeable. 1843 Penny Cycl.
XXVL 113/2 It does not appear that any of the Brazilian
vanillas form the substance Icnown in trade. 1866 Treas.
Bot. 1204/1 Chica Vanilla-, the Panama name for the fruit
of a species of Sobralia. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 67/3
None of the South American vanillas appear to be usea in
Great Britain for flavouring purposes.
4. aitrib, and Comb.y as vanilla bean, ice, orchid,
pod, sugar, worker', vanilla grass (see quot.);
vanilla plant (a) « sense 2 ; (^) an American
species of Liatris.
1886 American XII. 318 The aromatic principle of the
*vani1ta bean. t8^ igth Cent. April 644 Spices should be
added, such as. .cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and vanilla
bean. 1856 A. Gray Man, Bot. (i860) 574 Hietochloa
borealis. *Vanilla or Seneca Grass. 1846 Sover Cookery 553
Garnbh with a custard made as for *vanilla ice, 1883 R. B.
Whitb in Proc, R. Geog. Soc. (N.S.) V. 260 A forest. .in
which the trees are literally over-burdened with the *vanilla
orchid. 1753 Chambers* Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The leaves of the
•Vanilla plant are about a foot long, and three fingers
breadth wide. 1839 Ure Diet. Arts, etc. 1263 The vanilla
plant Is cultivatecf in Brazil,.. and some other tropical
countries. 1854 Maynk Expos. Lex. 311/2 Eptdendrum
Vanilla, the systematic name of the vanelloe plant. 1856
A Gray Man. Bot. {i860) 185 Liatris oaoratissim-3.
Vanilla-plant. . . Leaves exhaling the odor of Vanilla when
bruised. 1887 .Moloney Forestry W* Africa 421 Tho
source of the *vanilla pods of commerce. x888 Encycl.
Brit. XXIV. 66/2 The best varieties of vanilla pods are of
a dark chocolate brown or nearly black colour. 1846 Sover
Cookery 569 Serve with whipped cream flavoured with
*vanilla sugar under it. 1899 Allbtitt's Syst. Med. VIII.
923 'Van ilia-workers sometimes manifest lichen-erythema
of the face and hands.
Vanille (vanf-l). Also vanile. [a, F. vanille
ad. mod.L. Vanilla', see prec]
1. = Vanilla 3. Also^^.
a 184s Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. {1855) I. 262
Ah, you flavour everything ; you are the vanille of society.
x86x Bentley Man. Bot. 667 Their fragrant odoriferous
fruit, .constitutes the Vanilla or Vanile of the shops. 1871
Kingsley At Last vii, And what is this delicious scent
about the air ? Vanille 7 Of course it is.
2. Vanille ice, ice cream flavoured with vanilla
essence. Also ellipt.
1846 Mrs. Gore Eng. Cliar. (1852) 38 She accepts the
offer of some vanille ice, which she receives over the head of
a squat lady. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 1184
Each lovely lady.. holds her dear fan while she feeds her
smile On meditative spoonfuls of vanille. 1863 Miss Braddon
Eleanor's Victory IIL 235 Vanille and strawberry ices were
in constant demand at Tortoni's.
Vani'llic, a. Ckem. [f. Vanill-a + -10 i b.]
Vanillic cuid, vanillin, or an oxidized form of this.
1868 [see next]. 1876 Harley Royle's Mat. Med. 3B5
Vanillin.. has, in fact, acid properties, and is therefore
appropriately called vanillic acid. 1885 Remsen Or^. CJtem.
(1888) 304 Vanillic acid., is formed by oxidation of vanillin,
which IS the corresponding aldehyde.
Vani'llin, Ckem, Also -ine. [f. as prec. +
IN.] * The neutral odoriferous principle of vanilla *
(WatU).
x868 Watts Diet. Chem, V. 904 Vanillin . . was first recognised
as a peculiar substance by Bley .., further e,\amined
by Gobley,.. and afterwards by Stokkebye,..who designates
it as vanillic acid, x888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 66/2 The
peculiar fragraiice of vanilla is due to vanillin. Ibid., The
amount of vanillin varies according to the kind. 1897 Allbutt's
Syst. Med. Ill, 289 A solution composed of phloroglucine,
2 parts ; vanilline, i part ; absolute alcohol, 30 parts.
Vanillism. Path. [f. as prec. + -ism.] a
diseased condition (of the skin and general system)
characteristic of workers in vanilla.
X884 St. James's Gaz, 29 April 5/x Dr. Layet has just
published the results of his inquiries into the nature of a
singular malady known as_ * vanillism *. x886 American
XII. 269 That class of diseases in which morphinism,
caffeism, and vanillism are found.
llVanillou. [F., f. vanille Vaitille.] (See
quots.)
[X83Q Ure Diet. Arts, etc. 1264 A third sort, which comes
from Brazil, is the Vanillon, or large vanilla of the French
marketj 1884 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 67/1 In Brazil, Peru,
and other parts of South America a broad and fleshy vanilla
is prepared, which has an inferior odour... This variety is
often distinguished as vanillon in commerce.
VaniToquence. rar€~^, [ad. L. vdnilo-
t/ttenlia."] (See quots.) Also VanMoquent a.;
Vani'loquy [ad. late L. vdni/oquium.']
i6a3 CocKERAM I, Vanilo^uence, much talke or babling.
Ibid. II, Much Bablifig, Dicacity. Vaniloquie. X656 Blount
Glossogr., Vaniloguence, vain talk, vain babling, (Hence in
Phillips and Bailey.] 1717 Bailey, Vaniloquent, talking
vainly.
Vanish (vacnij), sb. [f. the vb.]
1. Disappearance ; vanishment.
X650 T. Vaughan Anthrofosophia 58 This Vanish, or
ascent of the inward Ethereall Principles doth not presently
follow their separation.
2. spec, A gradual cessation of a sound; a slight
sound in which another ends ; a glide.
X833 Rush Human Voice (ed. 2) 319 The Drift of the
downward Vanish.
Vailisll(v3eniJ), V. Forms: a. 4-5 vanysche
(4 -yjache, 5 -yssche, -yche, 6 -ysch), 4-6 vanysshe
(5 -yssh, wanyssh-) ; 4 vanyshe, 5-6
vanysh ; 4, 6 Sc, vanisch (6 .5V. wanische,
wenisch), 5-7 vanishe (6 -isshe), 6- vanish (6
vannish, Sc, wanish) ; 4-5 vanesche (5 -essche,
-eashe, -esce, -ecbe). j3. 4-5, 6 Sc.y vanys, -yss
(5 vaynyss-, 5-6 Sc. wanys-), 5 wanyse, 6 Sc,
vaxxyse; 4-5, 6 Sc,, vanis(8)-, 6 Sc, wam8(s)-;
5 Waynes-, Sc, wanes-, 6 Sc. waneis. 7. 4
vansch-, 5 vanshe, wansh-, wanse. [Aphetic
ad. OF. evaniss' : see Evanish ».]
1. intr. To disappear from sight, to become invisible,
esp. in a rapid and mysterious manner
a. With away ; occas. with addition of out of
Qx from sight, etc. Now rare,
a. 1303 R, Brunne Handl. Synne 8195 Wy^j )>c croys she
gan here blys, Jwin t?ey vanysshed aweyc as swy^. 1387
Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 435 Whanne )>\s was i-seide he
vanysshed awey. c 1400 Rom. Rose 2955 He vanyshide
awey alle sodeynly. And I alloone lefte alle soole. c 1450
Mirk's Festial 11 pen anon t>ys fend vanechet away wyih
an horrybull stenche. x47a-8s Malory Wr/A«r 11. viii. 85
Therwith merlyn vanysshed awey sodenly. 1545 Udall,
etc. Erasm. Par. Luke 182 b, .^fter these woordes spoken,
the Aungels vanished awaye from theyr sight. X706 Phillips
(ed. Kersey), To Disappear,, .to vanish away, to go out
of sight. x8og Shelley For my dagger^ 17 Where the
phantoms of Prejudice vanish away. 1890 Doyle IVhite
Company x\\v,^htin I seethe last sail, .vanishing away
against the western sky.
p. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 2269 And when («; devel
herd hym J»us say, Alle skomfit he vanyst oway. ^ c 1375 Sc.
Leg, Saints x\\\. {Agatha) 280 Away son t'ai vanist but coy
hone, Of ^ar sicht wanest away, & neuire ware sene to J)is
day. c X440 Aipk. Tales 516 When he had done, sodanlie
he vanyssid away. X456 Sir G. Have Law A rms (S.T.S.) 42
Na man . . mycht se him, nor na bit of his body, bot vanyst fra
thair sicht away. X513 Douglas .f^««V/in. vi. 109 'ihe strait
soundis of the mont Pelory Wanysis away pece and pece.
y- 1375 in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1878) 128/1 Anon be
deuel vanschede awaye. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V.
177 Mercurius.-stiked hym in ^e myddel of his body, and
vansched awey. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wiilcker 581 Euaneo, to
vanshe a wey.
b. Without away,
a. 1377 Langl. p. Pl.\B.xn. 293 Ri^t with J>athevanesched.
c 1385 Chaucer L. G. IV. 1001 Dido, To Cartage she bad he
shuld hy [ft dyght And vanysshed anon out of hys syght. 14 .
Tundale's Vis. 519 The angell vaneschyd and he stod stylle.
1530 Palsgr. 765/1 A spyrite wyll vanysshe and come agayne
in the twynkelyng of an eye. 158a Stanyhurst ^Eneis 11.
(Arb.) 68 Fare ye wel, 6 husband, oure yoong babye charely
tender. This sayd, shee vannisbt. 1609 Dekker Gulls
Hom-bk. 20 [This] notable Act being performed, you are to
vanish presently out of the Quire. 1638 Sir T. Herbert
Trav. (ed. 2) n She againe deluded us, after two houres
chase as a phantasma vanishing towards Goa. 1662 J. Davies
tr. Olearivs' Voy. Ambass. 261 We had hardly alighted, but
our Pistols were taken away, and what was not lock'd up
immediately vanish'd. 1757 Gray Bard 104 They melt,
they vanish from my eyes. 179;^ Mrs. Radcliffe Italian
xi. Whose dark figures, passing without sound, vanished like
shadows. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 11 That land, now
vanishing from my view, which contained all that was most
dear to me in life. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xviii. 225 Its
curved face .. vanished into unknown space.
^. CX375 Sc. Leg. Saints xix. ^Christopher) 267 With J?at
criste fra hyme wanyst, & hame he passit til his bewist.
a 1400-50 Alexander 1113 (Ashm.), J)an waynest him Hs
vayne god & voidis fra t>e chambre. c 1480 Henrvson
Fables, Lion ^ Mouse xliii, And with that word he vanist,
and I woke. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xvi. 64 Mercuryus, yet
spekynge, vaynyssed oute of eneas sight.
y. X37S in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1878) 132 pe addre..
vanschede out of here sijt. 1393 Langl. P. PL C. xvi. 24
Whanne he hadde seide so how sodeynlich he vanshede.
i"C. In perfect tense with be, ts^. was vanished
= had vanished. Obs,
X390 Gower Conf. II. 259 Thus it befell.. Sche was
vanyssht riht as hir liste, That no wyht bot hirself it wiste.
ax4oo Partonope (Univ. Coll. MS.) 826 (2568), With that
worde sodenly they be Vanesshid a-way, that trewly he
Woteneuer where they be become, c 1425 Lydg. Assembly
of Gods 1188 So sodenly As they were vanysshyd saw I
neuer thyng with ey. c 1480 Henrvson Orpheus ^ Eurydice
113 And quhen scho wanyst was and Invisible, Hir
madin wepit. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huoh xxiii. 68 By that
tyme they had gone a lytyll by y^ ryuer syde they loste y*
syght of y* castell, it was clene vanysshyd a way. a 1628 F.
Greville Cslica xli, And I poore Ixion to my luno vowed,
With thoughts to clip her, dipt my owne desire : For she
was vanisht, I held nothing fast. X648 Hexham 11, Het is
verstaven, ..it is Vanished away as dust.
d. In fig. use,
1560 Daus tr. Sleidane^s Comtu. 116 Those spirites by
lytle and lytle, vanyshed cleane out of syght [i.e. in pofjular
belief]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 7 He that reads it as .
a bare miracle will onely vanish in a wondering humor.
1737 Gentl. Mag. VII. 292 The Epick Poets not only. .immediately
shew the Effects of the Inspiration they pray for,
. .they actually vanish from our View. 1843 Carlyle Past
e akyng for to be cesed. 1490 Caxton
Eneydos vii. 32 Their auncyent customes . . vanysshed awaye
as thei neuer had be vsed. X530 Palsgr. 765/1 And a
woman be ones fourty, her heautye wyll vanisshe awaye.
XS35 Coverdale Isaiah Ji. 6 The heauens shal vanish awaye
like smoke, aitoo in Montgomerie's /'t7p/«(S.T.S. Suppl.
Vol.) 241 Bott quhat so ever waxis auld, it wcnischis away.
1648 Hexham 11, Verd-wijneu, to Vanish away as smoake.
1804-6 Syd. Smith Mor. Philos. (1850) 407 You will linger
on.. after the blood, and the taste, and the sweetness are
vanished away. X839 Fr. A. Kemble Resin, in Georgia
(1863) 32 If the mind and soul were awakened, instead of
mere physical good attempted, the physical good would
result, and the great curse vanish away. 1859 Fitzgerald
Omar Ixxii, Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose !
$, c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. in. pr. iv. (1868) 74 Her honours
vanissen awey and J>at on oon. 15x3 Douglas ^neid i. ix,
13 The elude about thame swith was brokin. And wanist
lyte away amang the air.
>. xs^Tbevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 157 But fal[s]nes
i-feyned vanschel? awey in schort tyme. c 1^30 Lydg, Min.
Poems (Percy Soc.) 226 His bestys dyeden in yche dycbej
His katelle wanshed alle away.
b. Without adverb,
a. C1350 Will. Palerne 639 Hit schal veraly J?urth vertue
do vanisch ^our soris I c X386 Chaucer Pardoner s T. 404
Lo how I vanysshe, flessh and blood and skyn. X560 Bible
(Geneva) 7^nxlix.7 Is wisdome no more inTeman?..istheir
wisdomo vanished ? 1576 Fleming PanopL Epist. 211 The
benefite of the same will utterly decay and vanish. 16x7
Moryson Itin. 11. 124 The fortifying of the Spaniards at
Sligo vanished with the rumour. X695 Wood Ltfe (O.H.S.)
13 April, The cold began to vanish and the north-east wind
change, 1740 Col. Rec. Pennsylv. IV. 439 The Bill for
Raismg of Money for the use of (he Crown is vanished.
X778 AIiss Burney Evelina xxvii, I own my objections have
almost .wholly vanished. 1820 W. Invwo Sketch Bk. I. 42 A
little while, and the smile will vanish from that cheek. x8S2
H. Rogers Eel. Faith (1853) »66 Very much, indeed, that
I wished to remember has vanished. X874 Carpenter Mcnt.
Phys. I. vi. (1879) 285 Even those who had previcusly been
most successful.. found all their success vanish.