See Also: afflict(1)(dictionary)
afflict(2)(dictionary)
afflict(dictionary)

afflict(1) (iou) and van(1) (iou)


afflict(1) (iou)



afflict ppl adjective.Also afflight. ME-L16.
[Old French aflit from Latin afflictus pa. pple of affligere: see AFFLICT verb.]
Afflicted.

van(1) (iou)



van noun1. [van] LME.
[Dial. var. of FAN noun1, prob. reinforced by Old & mod. French van or Latin vannus. Cf. VANE, WAN noun1.]
A winnowing basket or shovel; = FAN noun1 1a. Now arch. & dial. LME.
b. A shovel used for lifting charcoal or testing ore. M17.
c. A process of testing ore on a shovel; the amount of metal obtained by this test. L18.
A thing resembling a fan; esp. a wing. Chiefly poet. LME.
T. S. Eliot No longer wings to fly but merely vans to beat the air.
A sail of a windmill. M19.