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Van : (noun)
1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field
(especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard,
new wave]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: vanguard]
3: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: caravan]
4: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Van : \Van\, n. [Cornish.] (Mining)
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Van : \Van\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
--Raymond.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Van : Value Added Network
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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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
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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