avaunt
71vambrace — n. hist. defensive armour for the forearm. Etymology: ME f. AF vaunt bras, OF avant bras f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + bras arm …
72vamp — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the upper front part of a boot or shoe. 2 a patched up article. 3 an improvised musical accompaniment. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by up) repair or furbish. 2 tr. (foll. by up) make by patching or from odds and ends. 3 a tr. & intr.… …
73vanguard — n. 1 the foremost part of an army or fleet advancing or ready to advance. 2 the leaders of a movement or of opinion etc. Etymology: earlier vandgard, (a)vantgard, f. OF avan(t)garde f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + garde GUARD …
74vaunt — v. & n. literary v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. n. a boast. Derivatives: vaunter n. vauntingly adv. Etymology: ME f. AF vaunter, OF vanter f. LL vantare f. L vanus VAIN: partly obs. avaunt (v.) f. avanter f. a intensive …
75avant-corps — (|)äˌväntˈkō(ə)r, ȯ(ə)r noun Etymology: French, from avant forward + corps, body, from Latin corpus more at avaunt, midriff : a part which projects out from the main mass of a building (as a pavilion in front of the façade) …
76vantguard — noun Etymology: Middle English avaunt garde, vantgard more at vanguard obsolete : vanguard …
77vaward — ˈvau̇ˌ(w)ȯrd noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English vauntwarde, vaward, from Old North French avantwarde, from avant forward, before (from Latin abante) + warde guard, guardian, from warder to guard more at ava …
78a|vaunt — «uh VNT, VAHNT», interjection. Archaic. begone! get out! go away!: »Avaunt, she cried, offensive to my sight! (Alexander Pope). ╂[< Old French avant forward < Latin abante < ab from + ante before] …
79advaunt — variant of avaunt v. Obs. to boast …
80awant — obs. Sc. form of avaunt …
