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Vane 1Definition: 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.
Vane 2Definition: 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. Vane 3Definition: The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. Vane 4Definition: One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc. vane 5Definition: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft vane 6Definition: flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water vane 7Definition: a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it vane 8Definition: mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
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