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

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..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..

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

Fan :: Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind..

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

Vane :: Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

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

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.

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

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.

Evanesced :: Evanesced (imp. & p. p.) of Evanesc.

Fugitiveness :: Fugitiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

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..

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..

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

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

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