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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..

Dogvane :: Dogvane (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind..

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..

Evanesced :: Evanesced (imp. & p. p.) of Evanesc.

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

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

Will :: Will (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, I will denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when will is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, You will go, or He will go, describes a future event as a fact only. To e

Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea..

Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

Havanese :: Havanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana..

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

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

Evanesce :: Evanesce (v. i.) To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor..

Evanescing :: Evanescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evanesc.

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

Vane :: Vane (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..

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

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork..

Vane :: Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

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