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Definition of vane

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Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..

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Evanid :: Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color..

Progne :: Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma..

Vanessa :: Vanessa (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.

Havanese :: Havanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana..

Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

Flighter :: Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor..

Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..

Vane :: Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..

Evanescing :: Evanescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evanesc.

Evanesce :: Evanesce (v. i.) To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor..

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..

Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..

Cock :: Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.