Hypertext Webster Gateway: "van"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, n. [Cornish.] (Mining)
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
--Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, n. [Abbreviated from caravan.]
1. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen
and others fore the transportation of goods. [Eng.]
2. A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
3. A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under {Car},
2. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, n. [L. vannus a van, or fan for winnowing grain: cf.
F. van. Cf. {Fan}, {Van} a wing {Winnow}.]
1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing
grain.
2. [OF. vanne, F. vanneau beam feather (cf. It. vanno a wing)
fr. L. vannus. See Etymology above.] A wing with which the
air is beaten. [Archaic] ``[/Angels] on the air plumy vans
received him. '' --Milton.
He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain;
His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, v. t. [Cf. F. vanner to winnow, to fan. See {Van} a
winnowing machine.]
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Van \Van\, n. [Abbrev. fr. vanguard.]
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also,
the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in
sailing or in battle.
Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear, Stream in
the air. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
van
n 1: artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time [syn:
{avant garde}, {vanguard}]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: {vanguard}]
3: (British) a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: {caravan}]
4: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
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