VANE
\vˈe͡ɪn], \vˈeɪn], \v_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of VANE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
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the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
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a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
By Princeton University
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mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
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the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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.
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The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
By Oddity Software
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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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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.
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The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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A flag or banner: a thin slip of wood or metal at the top of a spire, etc., to show which way the wind blows: a weather-cock: the thin web of a feather.
By Daniel Lyons
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A thin plate, pivoted out of center, on a vertical rod, so as to turn its shorter end toward the point from which the wind blows.
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An arm or blade, as of a windmill, propeller, etc.
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The shaft and barbs of a feather.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Thin slip on a spindle at the top of a spire, for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; the blade of a windmill, propeller, &c.; the part of a feather on the sides of the shaft.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A thin plate of metal, or slip of wood, cut into some figure and made to move on a stem at the top of a spire or any other elevation, in order to show the direction of the wind; a weather-cock; any flat extended surface moved by the wind.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon , Gothic] A fixture attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows— usually a plate or thin slip of metal or wood movable on a pivot;-in ships, a piece of bunting;—any flat extended surface moved by the wind; hence, a similar fixture moved in or by water; — the thin, membranous part or web of a feather on the side of the shaft;—a broad flag or pennon carried on the spear-head by knights in a tournament.
