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

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..

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..

Wing :: Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc..

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

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

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

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

Vanessian :: Vanessian (n.) A vanessa.

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

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

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

Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.

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..

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..

Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

Will :: Will (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, I will denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when will is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, You will go, or He will go, describes a future event as a fact only. To e

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..

Javanese :: "Javanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java..

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

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