VAUT
Vaut, v. i.
Defn: To vault; to leap. [Obs.] Spenser.
VAUT
Vaut, n.
Defn: A vault; a leap. [Obs.] Spenser.
VAUTY
Vaut"y, a.
Defn: Vaulted. "The haughty vauty welkin." [Obs.] Taylor (1611).
VAVASOR Vav"a*sor, n. Etym: [OE. vavasour, OF. vavassor, vavassour, F. vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably contr. from vassus vassorum vassal of the vassals. See Vassal.] (Feud. Law)
Defn: The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. Burrill. "A worthy vavasour." Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.] Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty. Motley.
VAVASORY
Vav"a*so*ry, n. Etym: [F. vavassorie.] (Feud. Law)
Defn: The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.