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Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys..

Progne :: Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma..

Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Fugitiveness :: Fugitiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Havanese :: Havanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba..

Evanescently :: Evanescently (adv. In a vanishing manner) ; imperceptibly.

Cock :: Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..

Fan :: Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind..

Evanescence :: Evanescence (n.) The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes..

Caravaneer :: Caravaneer (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Javanese :: Javanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java.

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