vauntful, vaunt full

[Eng. vaunt (1), s.; - full.] Boastful, braggart. IMG:content-0420.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Chem. ( of the form Vau que line): Pelletier and Caventou's original name for strychnine. 2. Min. (of both forms): A monoclinic mineral occurring in minute crystals, also botryoidal and granular, Hardne , 2.5-3; specific gravity, 5-5-5-78; luster, adamantine to resinous, becoming dull on exposure; color, shades of green and brown to nearly black; streak, greenish or brownish; somewhat brittle. An analysis by Berzelius yielded: Chromic acid, 28-33: protoxide of lead, 6087; protoxide of copper, 1080=100, corresponding with the formula (CuO PbO) 32CrO3, which requires, chromic acid, 27.7; protoxide of lead, 614; protoxide of cop. per, 10.9. *vaut, 8. [VAULT (1), 8.] *vaut, v . t . [VAULT (1), v.]