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Traditional English :: vet(1)
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vetamin.html - n. & v. --n. colloq. a veterinary surgeon. --v.tr. (vetted, vetting)
1 make a careful and critical examination of (a scheme, work, candidate, etc.).
2 examine or treat (an animal). [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: vet(2)
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vetamin.html - n.
US colloq. a veteran. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: vetch
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vetamin.html - n. any plant of the genus Vicia, esp. V. sativa, largely used for silage or fodder. vetchy adj. [ME f. AF & ONF veche f. L vicia] |
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Traditional English :: vetchling
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vetamin.html - n.
any of various plants of the genus Lathyrus, related to vetch. |
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Traditional English :: veteran
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vetamin.html - n. 1 a person who has grown old in or had long experience of esp. military service or an occupation (a war veteran; a veteran of the theatre; a veteran marksman). 2 US an ex-serviceman or servicewoman. 3 (attrib.) of or for veterans. veteran car Brit. a car made before 1916, or (strictly) before 1905. [F v ran or L veteranus (adj. & n.) f. vetus -eris old] |
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Traditional English :: veterinarian
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vetamin.html - n.
US a veterinary surgeon. [L veterinarius (as VETERINARY)] |
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