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interj. [ F. avant forward, fr. L. ab + ante before. Cf. Avant, Advance. ] Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase “Get thee gone.” [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. 1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To depart; to move away. [ Obs. ] Coverdale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ OF. avanter; à (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt. ] To vaunt; to boast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vaunt; to boast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. avanteur. ] A boaster. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + vault. ] Having two vaults or arches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Cheval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disadvance. ] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th century, composed such songs. ] [ Written also vaudevil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. [ 1913 Webster ]

The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant. Johnson's Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a variety show when performed live in a theater (see above); as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. sing. & pl. [ F. ] 1. An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A modern name of the Waldenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. See Voodoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. voûte, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf. Vault a leap, Volt a turn, Volute. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, used for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. “Charnel vaults.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silent vaults of death. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

To banish rats that haunt our vault. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

That heaven's vault should crack. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above. ] A leap or bound. Specifically: -- (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barrel vault,
Cradle vault,
Cylindrical vault, or
Wagon vault (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see Rampant vault, under Rampant), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. --
Coved vault. (Arch.) See under 1st Cove, v. t. --
Groined vault (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. --
Rampant vault. (Arch.) See under Rampant. --
Ribbed vault (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. --
Vault light, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaulting. ] [ OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. voûter. See Vault an arch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Vault, v. i. ] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. voltare to turn. See Vault, n., 4. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Covered with an arch, or vault. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of one who vaults or leaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Arched; concave. [ Obs. ] “The vaulty heaven.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Advance. ] To advance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting. ] [ F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See Vain. ] To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. In the latter sense, the term usually used is flaunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. [ 1913 Webster ]

The spirits beneath, whom I seduced
With other promises and other vaunts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avant before, fore. See Avant, Vanguard. ] The first part. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Avant, Advance. ] To put forward; to display. [ Obs. ] “Vaunted spear.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Van-courier. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who vaunts; a boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a vaunting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avant-mur. See Vanguard, and Mure. ] (Fort.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall. [ Written also vaimure, and vamure. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called after the French chemist Vauquelin, who died in 1829: cf. F. vauquelinite. ] (Min.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To vault; to leap. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vault; a leap. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]