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vance-roof E. Angl.
Also 8–9 vaunce-.
[f. vaunce v.]
A garret. Also fig.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. vii. §2. 256 Canst thou hide any one sin in the vance-roof of thy heart? 1657in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 119 You may ges how full our hous is whan my lady and all hir faimily of women ly in the van[c]e rouff over the dining chamber. 1682–3MS. Lett. Norwich Quakers, And for the vance roofes we giue 10s a weeke for those to worke in yt Lodge in the hole. 1787in Marshall Rur. Econ. E. Norf. 1823in Moor Suffolk Gloss. |