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VANITY-FAIRIAN.
of the beautiful art of ' vanning '. 1884 Knight Diet. Mech.
Suppl. 920/1 The object throughout is., to imitate the
vanning action of the miner's shovel.
Vanning, vbl. sb,'^ [f. Van 5^.3] a. The
action of conveying in a van. b. Travelling o»
touring in a van ; caravanning.
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1891 Athenaeum 15 Oct. 509/2 In 1836 came the affair of
Elis, of whose ' vanning ' so much has been made, though
Eclipse had been conveyed in a van.. from Epsom.. about
fifty years before, xgio Times 21 ' July S/s.The Wanderer',
..the pioneer of 'vanning' as a pastime for health and
pleasure,.. is.. to be sold by auction.
Vanplate, obs. form of Vamplate.
Vanquash, z/. nonce-wd. [Jocularly f. Van j^.2
+ Quash z;.] trans. To smash.
c i6s6 Dick of Devon 11. iv. in BuUen O. PL II, Nay, if
you be no better in the Reare then in the Van I shall make
no doubt to vanquish, and vanquash you, too, before we
part.
tVanquer. Obs.—^ [ad. F. vainqueur, f.
vainqzi-j vaincre Vanquish v.'\ Conqueror,
1570 Satir. Poems Reform, xvii. 143 And so this Realme
our public men do eat of this vanity-giving food,
Vanity-bag, etc.
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7. Vanity Pair (afterquot. 1678 below), a place
or scene where all is frivolity and empty show ; the
world or a section of it as a scene of idle amusement
and unsubstantial display.
[1678 BuNVAN Pilgr, (1900) 82 The name of that Town is
Vanity ; and at the town there is a Fair kept, called Vanity-
Fair. It..beareth the name of Vanity-Fair, because the
Town where 'tis kept is lighter than Vanity.]
1816 J. Scott Vis. Paris fed. 5) 137 Such is the Palais
Royal ;—a vanity fair—a mart of sin and seduction I 1827
Scott Chron. Canongate iii, Carrying so many bonny lasses
to barter modesty for conceit and levity at the metropoUtan
Vanity Fair. 1857 Trollope Barchester T. III. no But
how preach.. at all in such a vanity*fair as this now going
on at Ullathorne? i86x Th\ck-e.raw Four Georges ji Never
was such a brilliant, jigging, smirking Vanity Fair as that
through which he leads us.
atirib. 1848 Thackeray Ka!«. /^ozV xxv, The last scene of
her dismal Vanity Fair comedy was fast approaching. Ibid.
xli, Assuming that any Vanity Fair feelings subsist in the
sphere whither we are bound.
Hence Vauity-fairian. nottce-wd,
1848 Thacjceray Van, Fair xvii, Even with the most
selfish disposition, the Vanity Fairian.. can't but feel some
sympathies and regret.
Va'UitylesSf «. rare. [f. the sb.] Devoid of
vanity.
1854 H. Strickland Travel Thoughts 47 t^l wonder if
there is any one sane person in the whole world, utterly
vanitiless.
Vanjarrah, variant of ^wn/iatrr^^ Bkinjabbt,
Van John. Univ, slang. = Vingt-un.
1853 ' C. Bede ' Verdant Green xi, 'Van John ' was the
favourite game. i86z Hughes Tom Brcnvn aiOxf. iii,_ We
were plapng Van John in Blake's rooms till three fast night.
1887 Darwin Life 9f Lett. 1. 1 57 A little of Gibbon's History
in the morning, and a good deal cf Van John in the evening.
t Vanlay, v, Obs. [Cf. Vauntlay sb.l intr.
To cast off a vauntlay {to a hart).
CX4IO Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxiii, He.,
shulde take goode heede (>at he vanlay not, if ot>er relayes
be behynde, for dreede of bendynge oute fro )>e relayes.
Ibid.^ When he hath be so wele ronnc to and.. relayed and
vanleyed to,..)>enDe turneth he his heed and stondeth at
abay^
+ Vanlin, variant of Venlin Obs.
1577 HoLiNSHEO Chron. II 1770/2 There were assembled
foureiene Ensignes of the French footemen, .xviii. vanlins
of Almains, [and) four or fiue .C. men at armes of France,
Vanxuost, «• rare — . .Sail now.. As Aiax wes, be vanquer of the sell.
tVan^uerer. Obs.-'^ [Var. ofVAN-couRiEB,
prob. influenced by F. querir to seek.] A scout.
i579DiGGES.9^r/x//(7/. 118 He must give order to the Scoute
Mayster whyche way he shall send his Vanquerers to discover.
^, [f. Van j^.-] Foremost,
t Vanqueror. Obs.-^ [Cf, Vanqdbr and
CONQUEUOB.] Victor.
L^'^ Exec, for Treason (1675) 6 Neither the vanqueror
nor the vanquished can haue iust cause of triumph.
Va'nquish, sb. Sc [f. the vb.] (See quots.)
179a Statist. Ace. Scot. IV. 267 The pernicious quality of
a species of grass to the health of the sheep . . infecting them
with a disease called the Vanquish. 1793 Ibid. VII. 518 In
one or two farms a disease also prevails termed the Vanquish.
1807 Essays Highl. Soc. III. 407 Change of pasture.. is the
best known cure for the vanquish.
Vanq^nislx (v£e*r)kwij), v. Forms : a. 4 vencuse,
4-5 venkus (5 wen-), 5, 6 Sc.^ venous (5 Sc.
wen-), 5 -cows ; 4 venkis, 5 -ke8(s, wenkys
.SV. 5 vincuse, wyncus, 5-6 viuous(s, 6 uin-,
wincua, vincous (wincowa), vincuia (win-),
vancuis. j3. 4-5 renqals (5 -quyse, -quyss, Sc.
wenqnis) ; Sc. 6 venqueia, -ques, vinqueis,
wiuquea, 6-7 winquis, 6 vanques, -quis(e, wanqueia,
-quea, -quia. 7. 5 vencu(a)che, -cuashe,
-cu^sche, -quy8(c)he, -qwysahe, -qwissh,
-quissh, -queash, 5-6 venquysshe, -quiashe ;
6 vanquy(8)she, -quyche, -quishe, -quyah,
Sc. -quhish, 6- vanquish. 8. 5-6 vaynquysahe
(6 vayncq-, veynq-, i*em in pleyn bataille. 1375 Barbour Bruce
1.554 He wan throw bataill Fraunceall fre| Andluciusyber
wencusyt he. 01400-50 Alexander 312a If he be fallen
vndire tote.. And vencust of oure violence, quat vailis him
his hestis? ct^S Wvntoun Cron. 11. xx. 23 To vincus
folk he kennit sa fast That he wes vincust at )>e last. 1456
Sir G. Have La-w Arms (S.T.S.) 48 Thre kingis. .he vencust,
all halely, and put thame to the flicht. 1533 Bellen-
DEN Livy II. xvii. (S. f.S.) I. 105 How J>e equis and Wolchis
war diuidit amang ^ame sei^ and vincust be romanis.
c 1550 RoLLAND Crt. Venus 11. 232 Diners greit Kingis in
feild he did vincus. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot.
I. 301 Malcolme in batlell first vancuist, secundly obteynes
the victorie.
fi. € i«o R. Brunnk Chron. /*' lewes
were venqwiste mihtile. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 10500 For
au^t that he my^t do, ..Thei were put vnto fly5t, Wenkyst
foule, & discomn^t. c 1470 Henrv Wallace \\\. 241 Quhen
Wallace had weyle wcnquist.. The fals terand that had his
fadyr slayne. iSM Cornel. Scott. Prol. 12 Annibal,. .beand
venquest be nobif scipion, past for refuge tyl anthiocus.
15^ Dalrvmplk tr. Leslie s Hist. Scot, I. 339 He vanquisses
the King of Norway. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 17 Gif
2. The action or process of separating ore on a
shovel. Also attrib.^ as vanning-action, shovel.
1671 Phil. Trans, VI. 2098 Vanning.. Is performed by
pulverising the stone, or clay, or what else may be suspected
to contain any mineral body, and placing it on a Vanning
shovel. 1766 Ibid. LVI. 38, I employed a tinner dextrous
in vanning (a way of breaking and trying ores, by washing
them on a shovel gently with water) to try it in his usual
wa^. 1778 Pbyce Miu. Cornub. 223 This must be repeated,
til! it is cleansed from the rough gravelly parts, which nmy
be known by vanning of it on a shovel. 1839 Dk ui Bechr
Rep. Genl. Cormvall, etc. xv. 585 Great dexterity is exhibited
hy the tinners in the operation termed vanning. 1875 J. H.
Collins 3/^/. Mining it Thesame principle is at the bottom
he quha is challenged be overcome and winquised be battel.
y. 1383 Wyclif 2 Sam, x. 19 Seynge alle the kyngis . . hem
to be vencusshid of Yrael. riiSfi Chaucer Man of Law''
T. 194 Thurgh Hanibal, That Komayns hath venquysshed
tymes thre. c 1430 LvDG. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 97 David
that sloughe Golye, . . That sloughe the here, . . venqwysshed
the lyoune. 11533 Ld. Berners Huon Iv. 185 Yf he can
vanquysshe me, then he shal delyuer to thee thy nece. 1555
Ehen Decades To Rdr. (Arb.) 51 The Moores or Sarasens
and lewes which.. yet coulde neuer before bee cleane vanquysshed
vnlyll thedayes of this nobleand Catholyke prince.
'593 i^HAKs. 2 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 45 Wer't not a shame,..
The fearfull French, whom you late vanquished, Should
make a start ore-seas and vanquish ^ou ? 1635 Quarles
EmbL 1. ii, [To] baffle hell, And vie with those that stood,
and vanquish those that fell, a 17*7 Newton Chronol,
Amended i. (1728) 96 David vanquished the Ammonites.
179X CowpER Iliad III. 517 Me, Menelaus, by Minerva's aid,
Hath vanquished now, who may hereafter him. 1819-50
Alison Hist. Europe VII. xlii. §21. 105 She, vanquished
but not subdued, compelled to yield to necessity, followed
her timid consort 1856 Kane Arct. Expi, I. xxix. 394 They
gnawed her feet and nails so ferociously that we drew her
up yelping and vanquished.
5. 1474 Caxton Chesse 37 For by bataylte he shall not be
ouercome and vaynquysshid. c 1489 — Sonnes of Aymon
J
' Vanquishable
VANQUISHABLE.
xix. 428, 1 am vaynquyshed & overcome wythout ony stroke.
'5o3~4 ^'^t 19 Hen. VII^ c. 34 Preamble, They were rencountered,
vaynquesshed, dispersed, overcome, and dyvers
put to deth. (11533 Ld. Berners Huon xciii. 303 Syr,
thanked be god we haue vaynquysshed the Emperoure. 1565
Cooper Thesaurus^ Debellare^ to vainquish or ouercome by
warre.
b. fig. To overconie by spiritual power.
c 1375 Sc, Leg. Saints xxviii. {Margaret) 34 Vertuysly
scho cane vincuse J)e flesch, |)e warld, >e fend alsa. t;x38o
\W\Qi.l¥ Contr. Tracts Sel. Wks. III. 439 pe fend haj? ben
many day abowte to vencushe Cristen men bi Antecristis
clerkis. c 1440 Lvdg. Hors, Shepe 9f G. 343 Bi his meknesse
he . .venquysshid hath Satan. 1483 Caxton Cato B ij b,
Saynt Johan sayth in the pocalyps who sbal vanquysshe
the world, c 1510 More Picus Wks. 22 He it is, by whose
mighty powre. The worlde was vainquished and his prince
cast out. 1560 Holland Sez'en Sages 44 Than speikis he
to God face to face, Quhen that the Deuill he hes vincust.
1581 BuBNE in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) ii8 [That] the craft.,
of the Deuil is vinqueist and cuercum. 1671 Milton P.R.
I. 175 The Son of God Now entring his great duel,.. to vanquish
by wisdom hellish wiles.
t c. To expel or hamsti from a place. Obs.
^53,6 Pilgrym's T, in Thynne's Animadv. (1875) 79Wher
this man walked, ther was no farey ner other spiritis, for
his blessynges. .did vanquyche them from euery buch and
tre. 160X Dolman La Primaud. Fr, Acad. (1618) 374 Con*
spiring the reentrie of Tarquinius race unto the Kingdome
of Rome, from whence they had been vanquished for
wickednes and whoredome.
2. To overcome (a person) by other than physical
means. Also const. of{— in respect of).
c 1366 Chaucer A. B.C. 8 Mercyable Queue, . . Hafe mercy
of my Perilous langoure, Venquist has me my cruelle aduer*
sair. £^1386 — Pars. T. 661 Therfore saith the wise man,
if thou wolt venquisch thin enemy lerne to suffre. 1477
Caxton Dictes lai He that demaundethe but reason is able
to vaynquysshe & ouercome hisennemye. a 1500 Bemardus
de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 122 For he is nocht ay wen*
custe with i>e sworde. But oft throw lufe. c 1530 Pol.^
Rel.y ff L. Poems (1903) 58 Ofte the enmy is easelyer venquysied
with seruice than with stroke of swerde. c 1550
Rolland Crt. Venus in. 45 Hippolyte and eik Pandora sle
That with hir slicht[i]s al men dois vincous. 1671 Milton
Samson 235, I my self, Who vanquisht with a peal of words
..Gave up my fort of silence to a Woman. 17*5 W.
Hamilton To C'tess Eglinton 22 The Fair One,. .Cur'd of
her scorn, and vanquish'd of her hate. 1770 Goldsm. Des.
Vill. 212 In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en
though vanquish'd, he could argue still. 1848 W. H. Kelly
tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten K. II. 295 At last, M. Gerard has
got the upper hand ; he has vanquished his colleagues, be
has vanquished the king.
+ b. To convict ^some offence. Obs.~^
X50J Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxi. Xiiy,
Whan it is so that he of that was lawfully vaynquysshed or
that he hath that confessed in lugement.
3. With impersonal object : To overcome, subdue,
suppress, or put an end to (a feeling, state . of
things, etc.),
C1380 Wyclif Wks. (18B0) 435 For treujje mut vencusche
al o|Jer bing. c 1386 Chaucer Frankl. T. 46 Pacience . . venquysseth.
.ihynges Jjat rigour sholde neuere atteyne. c:x4oo
Rom. Rose 3546 We se ofte that humilite, Bothe ire, and also
felonye Venquyssheth. tixa-so Lvdg. Chron. Troy i. 3284
Thenfeccioun of hir troubled eyr He hath venquesched.
1474 Caxton Chesse 60 And yf thou canst not vaynquysshe
thyn yre than muste thyn yre ouercome the. 1513 Dolglas
Ai.neid i. xi. 64 The flambe of torchisvincoust the dirk nycht.
1567 Gude * Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 122 O God, sa gude and
gracious, Lat thair. Jugeing vencust be. a 1601 ? Marston
Pasquil ^ Kath. (1878) 11. 154 Euen then m^ loue shall not
be vanquished. x6ax Burton /3«a^. Mel. i. ii. 1. i. (1651) 37
If the cause be removed, the eflTect is likewise vanquished.
1671 Milton P. R. iv. 607 By vanquishing Temptation,
[thou] hast regain'd lost Paradise. 1781 Cowper Expost.
411 To vanquish lust, and wear its yoke no more. x8xq
Shelley Cenci i. iii. 110 Till it thus vanquish shame and
fear. 1833 Ht. Martineau Fr. Wines «f PoL viii. 130
Charles repeatedly vanquished his resentment at the
Marquis" supercilious treatment of him.
+ 0. To excel or surpass. Obs."^
XS33 Bellenden Livy i. Prol. (S.T.S.) I. 7 New authouris
. . be J>are crafty eloquence traistis to vincus the rude
Langage of anciant authouris.
1 4. To win or gain (a battle or other contest).
1x1400 Sir Degrev. 1126 Sone that dou^ty undur sheld
Had y.venkessyd the feld. c X4S0 Merlin iii. 56 Vter venquysshed
the bataile, and ther ne ascaped noon of the sarazins,
X483 Caxton Gold Leg. 11 1/3 Thus as he demanded
he vanquysshid the batayll. a 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV
(1550) 43 A gentlemanne . . did demaunde of an Englisheman,
how many baltailes kyng Edward had vanquished.
5. absol. To be victorious; to have the victory.
138a WvcLiF I Sam, xiv. 47 And whidir euer he turnede
hym silf, he venkusede. X483 Caxton Gold. Leg. (1892) 846
He threwe away his swerde, and judged himself better to
vaynquysshe in suffering of deth. X568 Grafton Chron, II.
756 He shall no lesse commend his wisdome where he voyded,
then his manhood where he vanquished. 1596 Dalrymple tr.
Leslie's Hist. Scot. I 349 He..sa stoutlie straik and yaiiquist,
that a noble Victorie he obteynet. 1651 Raleighs
Ghost 213 When he suffered his hands to fall down, Amalek
vanquished.
(vre-rjkwijabn), a. [f. prec. +
-ABLE.] Capable of being vanquished or overcome.
X555 Watreman Fardle Facions App. 309 Ye shal be of
all menne mosle strong and valiaunte in fight, and vanquisheable
to noneenemie. x6oi Marston /!«/. 9f Mel. 11, Bamsht,
forlorne, despairing, ..vanquishable, 1654 Gayton Pleas,
Notes III. iv. 87 That great Gyant. .was only vanquishable
by the Knights of the Well. X736 Ainsworth i, Vanquishable,
vincibiliSt superabilis. X831 Coleridge Table^ T. 25
July, I should not have wished (or a more vanquishable
opponent. x866 Carlyle Remin. (i8Bi) II. 221 In which
she again proved not to be vanquishable.