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Webster 1913 Edition
Vane
Vane
(vān)
, Noun.
1.
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.
Aye undiscreet, and changing as a
vane
. Chaucer.
2.
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind;
as, the
; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; vane
of a windmillas, the
. vane
of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc3.
(Zool.)
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
4.
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vane
VANE
,Noun.
A plate placed on a spindle, at the top of a spire, for the purpose of showing by its turning and direction, which way the wind blows. In ships, a piece of bunting is used for the same purpose.
Definition 2024
Vane
vane
vane
English
Noun
vane (plural vanes)
- (countable) A weather vane.
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
- (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
- A sight on a sextant or compass.
- One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
Translations
weather vane — see weather vane
any thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surface radially mounted along an axis
ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather
sight on a sextant or compass
metal guidance or stabilizing fin
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːnə/, [ˈvæːnə]
Noun
vane c (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)
Inflection
Inflection of vane
Latin
Adjective
vāne
- vocative masculine singular of vānus
References
- vane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vane”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vane (indefinite singular en vane, definite singular vanen, indefinite plural vaner, definite plural vanene)
- habit (an action done on a regular basis)
This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at habit. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see vane in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009