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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wane1
▶verb
  • 1 (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it seems to decrease in size.
  • 2 become weaker.
– phrases
on the wane becoming weaker or less vigorous.
– origin OE wanian ‘lessen’, of Gmc origin; rel. to L. vanus ‘vain’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wane2
▶noun the amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.
– derivatives
waney adjective.
– origin C17: from wane1.




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