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• vaunt- — prefix an AF. variant of vant . (For examples see vaunt chase, courier, etc.) …   Useful english dictionary

• vant- — prefix, representing AF. vant , aphetic f. avant avant : see vant brace, guard, ward. In a number of compounds the t was elided, as vanbrace, chase, courier, guard, etc. Before labials the n by assimilation became m, as in vambrace, vampey,… …   Useful english dictionary

• dash — Synonyms and related words: Le Mans, abruptly, aggressiveness, air race, animation, ardor, asperge, automobile race, baffle, bafflement, balk, band, bang, bar, bash, bat, be poised, beat, beat down, beating, bedew, belt, bespatter, besprinkle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sport — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Monopoly, Ping Pong, Rugby, Scrabble, acrobatics, action, adventurer, advertise, affect, agate, agonistics, air, also ran, amateur athlete, amusement, anomaly, antic, antics, archer, archery, association… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ghel- —     ghel     English meaning: to call, cry     Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, schreien”     Note: also in bird name, with b , bh and d extended. compare the similar to onomatopoeic words gal , qel .     Material: O.Ind. pra galbhá ḥ “ courageous …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary