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noun

Wane n.

The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. "An age in which the church is in its wane." "Though the year be on the wane."

An inequality in a board. (Prov. Eng.)

(Forestry) The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.

verb

Wane v. t. To cause to decrease. (Obs.)

Wane v. i. (past & past part. waned; pres. part. waning)

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."

To decline; to fail; to sink. "You saw but sorrow in its waning form." "Land and trade ever will wax and wane together."

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Etymology of 'Wane'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wane" Quotes from Famous Books

... 'wane' a misprint for 'wave' or 'waive?' It occurs so often, as to render its being an 'erratum' improbable; yet I do not remember to have met elsewhere 'wane' used for ...

— The Literary Remains Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Edited By Henry Nelson Coleridge

... for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night I burn the records of the day,— At sunrise every soul is ...

— It Can Be Done - Poems of Inspiration • Joseph Morris

... cut off in like manner from their hospitals in the North. In addition to all this, the surgeons and ambulances and their corps continued with their respective commands, to meet emergencies of like nature, to be repeated before the September moon had begun to wane. ...

— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore

... any further encounter for the time impossible. They could not close again with the girl between them, and the stranger, his anger holding its breath, glanced at her with sudden interest, stayed his angry growl, suffered rage to wane out of his eyes and frank admiration to ...

— Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts

... unchangeable and true, Of all the light and power, Dispensing light in silence through Each successive hour; Lord, brighten our declining day, That it may never wane Till death, when all things round decay, Brings back the morn again. This grace on Thy redeemed confer, Father, Co-equal Son, And Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Eternal Three in One—Amen." (St. Ambrose's ...

— The Divine Office • Rev. E. J. Quigley

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