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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..

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..

Anemoscope :: Anemoscope (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind..

Havanese :: Havanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba..

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..

Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Javanese :: Javanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

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

Dogvane :: Dogvane (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind..

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..

Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Caravaneer :: Caravaneer (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

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

Evanescence :: Evanescence (n.) The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea..

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

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

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