vanner

[Eng. van (1), s.; -er.] A van horse. "Twenty-five Welsh cobs, cabbers, and vanners."Referee, April 8, 1888. văn-ning, s. [VAN (2), v.] văn-quish, *ven-kis-en, *ven-kus-en, *venquish-en, *ven-quis-en, v . t . & i . [O. Fr.veinquir (pr. par. veinqui ant ), a collateral form of reincre (Fr. vaincre , pa. t. vanquis , subj. que je vainqui e ), from Lat. vinco to conquer.] A. Transitive : 1. To conquer; to overcome or subdue in battle, as an enemy. "The enemies beaten on all sides, and in so many sorts, IMG:content-0401.png:[blocks in formation] "If thou vanquish est thy words are true." For the difference between to vanquish and to conquer, see CONQUER. văn-quish, vin-quish, s. Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , i. 2. [Etym. doubtful.] A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. văn-quish-a-ble, a. [Eng. vanquish, v.; -able.] Capable of being vanquished, conquered, or subdued; conquerable. "That great giant was only vanquishable by the Knights of the Wells." -Gayton: Festivous Notes on Don Quixote. văn-quish-ēr, s. [Eng. vanquish , v.; -er.] One who or that which vanquishes; a conqueror. "I am alone the vanquisher of time." Drayton: Robert Duke of Normandy.