Definition of "vinta" []

• A small sailing-boat with outriggers, much used by the Moros. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Michelangelo professed that he makes nature more beautiful (più bella); Dolce wrote that the duty of a painter is to surpass (superar) nature, and G. Vasari (1550) stated that nature was conquered by art (natura vinta dall'arte; Vite, VII, 448)."
• "The land messenger, as was expected, arrived first, and when the _vinta_ party reached the place of captivity,"
• "Piang, without a moment's hesitation, offered to comply, and sent a _vinta_ up the river with the required order, but at the same time he secretly sent another emissary overland with contrary instructions."