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 Definitions for vane: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Vane \Vane\ (v[=a]n), n. [OE. & Prov. E. fane weathercock,
banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne,
OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. f[=a]ni, Sw. fana,
Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr.
ph^nos a web, phni`on a bobbin, spool. Cf. Fanon, Pane a
compartment, panel.]
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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.
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Aye undiscreet, and changing as a vane. --Chaucer.
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2. 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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3. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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4. One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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Vane of a leveling staff. (Surv.) Same as Target, 3.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
: vane
n 1: flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
[syn: blade]
2: mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates
freely to show the direction of the wind [syn: weathervane,
weather vane, wind vane]
3: a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in
order to stabilize or guide it
4: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a
series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: web]
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