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Vain
superl.
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Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Vain
superl.
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Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Vain
superl.
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Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
Vain
superl.
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Showy; ostentatious.
Vain
n.
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Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
Vainglorious
a.
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Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
Vainglory
n.
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Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Vainly
adv.
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In a vain manner; in vain.
Vainness
n.
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The quality or state of being vain.
Vair
n.
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The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
Vairy
n.
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Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
Vaishnava
n.
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A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
Vaishnavism
n.
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The worship of Vishnu.
Vaisya
n.
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The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
Vaivode
n.
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See Waywode.
Vakeel
n.
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A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.
Valance
n.
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Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
Valance
n.
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The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Valanced
imp. & p. p.
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of Valance
Valancing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Valance
Valance
v. t.
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To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
Vale
n.
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A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
Vale
n.
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See 2d Vail, 3.
Valediction
n.
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A farewell; a bidding farewell.
Valedictorian
n.
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One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
Valedictory
a.
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Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
Valedictories
pl.
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of Valedictory
Valedictory
n.
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A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
Valencia
n.
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A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
Valenciennes lace
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A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.