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.
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Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air. --Milton.
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Van \Van\, n. [Cornish.] (Mining)
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
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Van \Van\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
--Raymond.
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Van \Van\, n. [Abbreviated from caravan.]
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1. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen
and others for the transportation of goods. [Eng.]
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2. A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
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3. A closed railway car for baggage. See the Note under
Car, 2. [Eng.]
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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.]
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1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing
grain.
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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 their plumy vans
received him. " --Milton.
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He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain;
His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
--Dryden.
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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.
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Caravan \Car"a*van\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*v[a^]n or k[a^]r*[.a]*v[a^]n";
277), n. [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karw[=a]n
a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. Van a wagon.]
1. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized
and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling
together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by
robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
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2. A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant
show, as of wild beasts.
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3. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
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van
n 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
WordNet (r) 2.0
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "van":
Conestoga wagon, Pullman, Pullman car, advance guard, airhead,
anteposition, armed guard, avant-garde, baggage car, bank guard,
battle line, beachhead, boxcar, bridgehead, caboose, car, caravan,
carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, coast guard, cordon,
cordon sanitaire, covered waggon, covered wagon, day coach, diner,
dinghy, dining car, drawing room, dray, farthest outpost,
first line, flat, flatcar, forefront, foregoing, front, front line,
front rank, front-runner, garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender,
gondola, guard, guarder, guardsman, haywagon, heading,
inlying picket, jailer, le pas, leading, line, local, luggage van,
mail car, mail van, outguard, outpost, palace car, parlor car,
passenger car, picket, pioneer, point, prairie schooner,
precedence, preceding, precursor, priority, railhead, railway car,
rear guard, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, scout,
security guard, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, spearhead, stockcar,
tank, tender, the lead, train guard, truck, vanguard, waggon,
wagon, wain, warder
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Van, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2362
Housing Units (2000): 999
Land area (2000): 2.991353 sq. miles (7.747569 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.991353 sq. miles (7.747569 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74912
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.526029 N, 95.636493 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Van, TX
Van
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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