Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, same as
quintus .
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Examples
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It doesn't matter if its green or red, it still had to die for you to survive and most vagans will never admit that truth.
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It doesn't matter if its green or red, it still had to die for you to survive and most vagans will never admit that truth.
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Between the tussocks there are Alchemilla cyclophylla, A. johnstonii, and Geranium vagans.
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Delgado (_ut supra_) describes a bird called _lapay_ (_Dendrocygna vagans_ -- Eyton.), as similar to the duck in body, but with larger feet, which always lives in the water, and whose flesh is edible.
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Of the more humble-growing species, E. vagans (the Cornish Heath) will grow easily in most gardens, though in its native habitat it is confined to the serpentine formation; nor must we omit E. herbacea, which also will grow anywhere, and, if clipped yearly after flowering, will make a most beautiful border to any flower-bed; or it may be used more extensively, as it is at Doddington
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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'Here is an Erica vagans,' said the Doctor, picking a flower; 'it is rather uncommon about here;' and handing it at the same time to
Venetia Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Delgado (ut supra) describes a bird called lapay (Dendrocygna vagans -- Eyton.), as similar to the duck in body, but with larger feet, which always lives in the water, and whose flesh is edible.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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Wandering Humble bee (Bombus vagans): "I have found the males plentiful near our garden fence, within a hole such as would be made by a mouse.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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