Vagancy

Va"gan*cy

(?), n. [From L. vagans, p. pr. See Vagantes.] A wandering; vagrancy. [Obs.]
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A thousand vagancies of glory and delight.

delight was misspelled desight, a rare typographical error !> Milton.
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Va*gan"tes

(?), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. vagans, p. pr. of vagari to stroll or wander.] (Zol.) A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
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