Dictionary definition: whortleberry

Dictionary definition: vane
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      283 words ... ... a torpedo. DERIVATIVES: vaned adj. [usu. in combination ] a three-vaned windmill. ORIGIN: late Middle English : dialect variant of obsolete fane ‘banner,’ of Germanic origin.

Dictionary definition: van
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      361 words ... ... x2022; n. 1. archaic a winnowing fan. 2. archaic poetic/literary a bird's wing. ORIGIN: late Middle English : dialect variant of fan 1 , probably reinforced by Old French van or Latin vannus .

Dictionary definition: chives
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      236 words ... ... oniony and are used as a culinary herb. ∎  the leaves from this plant. ORIGIN: Middle English : from Old French, dialect variant of cive , from Latin cepa ‘onion.’

Dictionary definition: cloak
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      259 words ... ... cloak. ∎  figurative hide, cover, or disguise (something). ORIGIN: Middle English : from Old French cloke , dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak,’ from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell ...

Dictionary definition: camber
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      256 words ... ... curvature of a section of an airfoil. DERIVATIVES: cam·bered adj. ORIGIN: late Middle English : from Old French cambre , dialect variant of chambre ‘arched,’ from Latin camurus ‘curved inward ...

Dictionary definition: vat
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      276 words ... ... vatted , vatting ) [ trans. ] (often be vatted ) place or treat in a vat. ORIGIN: Middle English : southern and western English dialect variant of obsolete fat ‘container,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ...

Dictionary definition: perk
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      314 words ... ... cheerful, lively, or interesting. • adj. dialect perky; pert. ORIGIN: late Middle English : perhaps from Old French dialect variant of percher ‘to perch.’ perk 2 • n. (usu. perks ) informal ...