vamire.html - n.
hist. defensive armour for the forearm. [ME f. AF vaunt-bras, OF avant-bras f. avant before (see AVAUNT ) + bras arm]

vamire.html - v.intr. US (esp. as int.) sl. depart hurriedly. [Sp. vamos let us go]

vamire.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the upper front part of a boot or shoe.
2 a patched-up article.
3 an improvised musical accompaniment.

--v.

1 tr. (often foll. by up) repair or furbish.
2 tr. (foll. by up) make by patching or from odds and ends.
3 a tr. & intr. improvise a musical accompaniment (to). b tr. improvise (a musical accompaniment).
4 tr. put a new vamp to (a boot or shoe). [ME f. OF avantpi

f. avant before (see AVAUNT ) + pied foot]

vamire.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

1 an unscrupulous flirt.
2 a woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men.

--v.

1 tr. allure or exploit (a man).
2 intr. act as a vamp. [abbr. of VAMPIRE]

vamire.html - n.
1 a ghost or reanimated corpse supposed to leave its grave at night to suck the blood of persons sleeping.
2 a person who preys ruthlessly on others.
3 (in full vampire bat) any tropical (esp. South American) bat of the family Desmodontidae, with incisors for piercing flesh and feeding on blood.
4 Theatr. a small spring trapdoor used for sudden disappearances.

vampiric adj. [F vampire or G Vampir f. Magyar vampir perh. f. Turk. uber witch]

vamire.html - n.
1 belief in the existence of vampires.
2 the practices of a vampire.