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vantguard
† vantguard, n. Obs. Forms: α. 5–6 Sc. wantgard, 6–7 vantgard (6 -garde), 6–8 vantguard (6–7 -guarde). β. 5–6 vauntgarde (7 vaunte-), 6–7 vauntgard, -guard. [Aphetic f. avant-guard. Cf. vantward.] 1. Mil. = vanguard 1.α c 1470 Henry Wallace vi. 500 Wallace him selff the wantgard he has tayne. a 1548...
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vantward
† ˈvantward Obs. Also 3 vantwarde, 4–5 vauntward(e. [Aphetic form of avantward; cf. vantguard. See also vanward n., and vamward, vaward.] The vanguard of an army.1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7478 Hor vantwarde was to broke, þat me miȝte wiþinne hom wende. Ibid. 9006 Þe vantwardes hom mette verst, as riȝt ...
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vanguard
vanguard (ˈvængɑːd) Also Sc. 5 vandgard, 6 vandgarde, -gaird; 6 wangard(e, -guard, -gaird, vangart, -gard(e, -gaird. [ad. OF. avangarde, var. of avantgarde: see vantguard. Cf. It. and Sp. vanguardia, Pg. vanguarda.] 1. a. Mil. The foremost division of an army; the forefront or van. The Scottish exam...
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vumbard
† vumbard Obs.—1 [app. a late form of vamward: for the sense cf. vantguard 2.] ? A front guard.1464 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 195 My mastyr lent hym a payr of smale curas wyth gardys and vumbarde.
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brandle
† ˈbrandle, v. Obs. [ad. F. branler, found in both senses; the d may be due to an acquaintance with the earlier Fr. form brandeler, but more probably is merely phonetic, as in spindle; cf. also brangle, branle, bransle, brantle.] a. trans. To shake, shock, cause to waver. b. intr. To become unsteady...
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counter-file
† ˈcounter-file Mil. Obs. rare—1. [counter- 8.] A file standing opposite another.1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxxviii. (1663) 153 All the Army was..divided into twelve Battalions, whereof they made twelve Files, and one Counterfile in the Vantguard, that incompassed the whole Camp, in manner of a...
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sinister
sinister, a. (ˈsɪnɪstə(r)) Forms: α. 5–6 synystre, synistre, 5–7 sinistre; 6 syne-, 7–8 sinester; 5–6 syny-, 5–7 syni-, 5– sinister. β. 5 senestre, 5–6 sene-, 5 seni-, 6 senyster. [a. OF. senestre, sinistre (mod.F. sinistre, = Pg. and It. sinistro, Sp. siniestro), or L. sinister left, left-hand. The...
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