"vane" Definition

Definitions for the word "vane" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 weather-vane. 2 blade of a screw propeller or windmill etc. [dial. Var. Of obsolete fane banner]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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