vamplate (vamplat)

[Formerly also vam plet; Am phial us was run through the vamplate, and under the arm, so as, the staff appearing behind him, it seemed to to the t beholders he had been in danger. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. Vamplate of Lance of the end of the 14th century. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.") 2. In her., a bearing representing a gauntlet. Berry. The name vamplate, applied to this bearing, is a mistake arising at a time when medieval armor was not understood. 11. To winnow; fan. Vanner. To vanne or winnow. 2. In mining, to separate, as ore from veinstone, by washing it on the point of a shovel. See van, n., 2, and vanner. van? (van), n. [Abbr. of vanguard (due to as- sociation of vanguard and rearguard , whence van , supposed to be related to vanguard as rear to rearguard ).] 1. The foremost division of an army on the march, or of a fleet when sail- ing; hence, by extension, the front of an army when in line of battle: opposed to rear . The foe he had surveyed, Ranged, as to him they did appear, With van , main-battle, wings, and rear. S. Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 104. We too can boast of no ignoble spoils; But those my ship contains; whence distant far, I fight conspicuous in the van of war. IMG:content-1689.png:[blocks in formation] also upiri, upyri, obyri (the Pol. wampir, Ru . vampiră, appar. Turk. uber, a witch.] I. n. 1. A kind of spectral being or ghost still po e ing a human body, which, according ding to a superstition existing among the Slavic and other races on the lower Danube, leaves the grave during the night, and maintains a semblance of life by sucking the warm blood of living men and women while they are asleep. Dead wizards, werwolves, heretics, and other outcasts become vampires, as do also the illegitimate offspring of parents themselves illegitimate, and any one killed by a vampire. On the discovery of a vampire's grave, the body, which, it is supposed, will be found all fresh and ruddy, must be disinterred, thrust through with a whitethorn stake, and burned in order to render it harmle . 2. Hence, a person who preys on others; an extortioner or blood-sucker.-3. Same as vam pire - bat.-4. The at., a small trap made of two Haps held together by a spring, used for sudden appearances and disappearances of one person. -False vampire, a leaf-nosed bat of South America, erroneously supposed to suck blood. See vampire - bat (b) pyrus: see vampire.] A group of typical phyl. los to mine bats (subfamily Phyllos to matinæ of False Vampire ( Phyllos tom a spectrum), one of the Vampyri . the family Phyllos tom a tidæ ) confined to the New World. They have a well-developed nose-leaf, more or le horseshoe-shaped in front and lanceolate behind, large interfemoral membrane, long narrow snout, incisors or haps as carry - van (cf. cariole, taken as carry all ): see caravan.] 1. Any large covered carriage; specifically, a large covered wagon used in moving furniture and household effects. 2. A kind of vehicle, sometimes covered and sometimes open, used by tradesmen and others for carrying light goods, etc.-3. A close carriage attached to a railway-train, for carrying pa engers' luggage, for the accommodation of the guard, etc. [Great Britain.]