10 definitions found
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 1.6 [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 trailer equipped with living quarters [syn: {caravan}]
4: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Van, TX (city, FIPS 74912)
Location: 32.52367 N, 95.63731 W
Population (1990): 1854 (850 housing units)
Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75790
Van, WV
Zip code(s): 25206
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
VAN
{Value Added Network}
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
VAN
Value Added Network
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