vaquero (vakaro)

[Sp., = F. vacher, a cowherd: see vacher.] A herdsman. The American cowboys of a certain range, after a brisk fight, drove out the Mexican vaqueros from among them. T. Roosevelt, The Century, [XXXVI. 836. var. An abbreviation ( a ) of variety (frequent in botany and zoölogy); ( b ) of variant (so used in this IMG:content-1703.png:[blocks in formation] S. L. Clemens, Life on the Mi i ippi, p. 495. vaporousne (vā'por-us-nes), n. The state or character of being vaporous; mistine . The warmth and vaporousne of the air. T. Birch , Hist. Roy. Soc., III. 416. vapor-pan (vā'por-pan), n. A pan for evaporating water. A vapor - pan is placed at each side of the fire-box for moistening the air. Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXII. 398.