Vocabulary : Van-courier to Vanfess

Van-courier : One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
Vandal : One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature. ;; Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature. ;; Alt. of Vandalic
Vandalic : Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
Vandalism : The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.
Vandyke : Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. ;; A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. ;; fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.

Vandyke beard : A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures by Vandyke.
Vane : A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely. ;; Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc. ;; The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. ;; One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Vanessa : Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
Vanessian : A vanessa.
Vanfess : A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.

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