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vane
1 a: a movable device attached to an elevated object (as a spire) for showing the direction of the wind b: one that is changeable or inconstant2: a thin flat or curved object that is rotated about an axis by a flow of fluid or that rotates to cause a fluid to flow or that redirects a flow of fluid <the vanes of a windmill>3: the web or flat expanded part of a feather
— see feather illustration4: a feather fastened to the shaft near the nock of an arrow
— vaned
\ˈvānd\
adjective
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