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Vap

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(văp)
n.1.That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put into it nothing but the dead lees and vap of wine.
- Jer. Taylor.
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