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Vamp :: Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper..

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire..

Leaf-nosed :: Leaf-nosed (n.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire..

Bat :: Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire..

Vamp :: Vamp (n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t..

Upper :: Upper (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

Haematophlina :: Haematophlina (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp..

Sanguivorous :: Sanguivorous (a.) Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.

Revamp :: Revamp (v. t.) To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct..

Vamp :: Vamp (v. i.) To advance; to travel.

Desmodont :: Desmodont (n.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire..

Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Devilfish :: Devilfish (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.

Vamper :: Vamper (v. i.) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

Vamp :: Vamp (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up..

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

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