vane
nounEtymology
From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon.
Definitions
A weather vane.
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces…
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.
The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side…
The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
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A sight on a sextant or compass.
One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other…
One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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