Index of English words, starting with "va"

(1) - Vandyke (v. t.) fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
(2) - Vandyke (n.) A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
(3) - Vandyke (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.

(1) - Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
(2) - Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
(3) - Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
(4) - Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.