Vane Synonyms & Definitions

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• VaneDefinition & Meaning in English

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.
2. (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
3. (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
4. (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.

• VanessianDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A vanessa.

• VanessaDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.