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   Dressing table, n. a table, usually having a vertical back piece containing a mirror, at which a person may sit while dressing or applying makeup, and on which articles for the toilet stand.  It often has drawers for toiletries, clothing, or accessories.  It is also called a vanity or vanity table.
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   Vanity , n.; pl. Vanities . [OE. vanite, F. vanité, L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain.]
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   The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
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   Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
   Eccl. i. 2.
   
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   Here I may well show the vanity of that which is reported in the story of Walsingham.
   Sir J. Davies.
   
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   An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
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   The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled.
   Macaulay.
   
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   That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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   Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher.
   Eccl. i. 2.
   
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   Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come.
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   [Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men.
   Milton.
   
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   Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled,
   That all her vanities at once are dead;
   Succeeding vanities she still regards.
   Pope.
   
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   One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
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   You . . . take vanity the puppet's part.
   Shak.
   
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   same as dressing table.
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   A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers.
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   Syn. -- Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness; self-sufficiency. See Egotism, and Pride.
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