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Wandy
(Wand"y) a. Long and flexible, like a wand. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.
Wane
(Wane) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian,
from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking,
wann to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. bereaved, Skr. na wanting, inferior. . Cf. Want
lack, and Wanton.]
1. To be diminished; to decrease; — contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part
of the moon.
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep.
Addison. 2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
You saw but sorrow in its waning form.
Dryden.
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
Sir J. Child. Wane
(Wane), v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Wane
(Wane), n.
1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
An age in which the church is in its wane.
South.
Though the year be on the wane.
Keble. 3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Waney
(Wan"ey) n. A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or
that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.
Wang
(Wang) n. [OE. wange, AS. wange, wonge, cheek, jaw; akin to D. wang, OS. & OHG. wanga,
G. wange.]
1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
So work aye the wangs in his head.
Chaucer. 2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Wang tooth, a cheek tooth; a molar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wang
(Wang) n. See Whang. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wangan
(Wan"gan) n. [American Indian.] A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; — so called by
Maine lumbermen. [Written also wangun.] Bartlett.
Wanger
(Wang"er) n. [AS. wangere. See 1st Wang.] A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. & R.]
His bright helm was his wanger.
Chaucer.
