wane, waine, wayne

i. & t. [A. S. wanian, wonian to decrease, to grow le , from wan, won = deficient; cogn. with Icel. van a =to diminish, from vanr = lacking, wanting; O. H. Ger. & M. H. Ger. wanón, wanén = to wane, from wan = deficient.] [WAIST.] A. Intransitive : 1. To grow le ; to be diminished; to decrease; applied especially to the illuminated portion of the moon, as opposed to wax. "States thrive or wither, as moons wax and wane." Cowper: Expostulation, 324. 2. To become shorter. "Night wanes , O King! 'tis time for sleep!" Long fellow: Musician's Tale , vi. 3. To decline, to fail, to sink; to approach the end. "I'm waning in his favor." Dryden: All for Love, iii. *B. Trans.: To cause to decrease. wane, *waine, 8. [WANE, v.] 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the spectator's eye. "He is in the wane." - Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 2. Decline, failure, diminution, decrease, declension. "In her wane of pride." Drayton : Polyolbion , s. 17. wā'-ney, subst . [Etym. doubtful.] The featheredge or acute angular edge of a slab-board, cut from a round log without previous squaring, or obtained in the proce of squaring. *wăng (1), s . [A. S. wang ; Icel. vangr .] A field. *wăng (2), *wong, subst . [A. S. wange , wonge, wenge the cheek, the jaw; O. H. Ger. wang a ; Icel. vang i.] 1. The jaw, the jaw-bone, the cheek-bone. 2. The same as WANG-TOOTH (q. v.). "Our manciple I hope he wol be ded, Swa werkes ay the wanges in his hed." Chaucer: C. Т. , 4,028. *wang-tooth, *wang-toth, s. A cheek-tooth or grinder. "Out of a wang - toth sprang anon a welle." Chaucer: C. Т. , 14,051. wăn-ga-lạ, wăn-glō, subst . [Guianan name.] The seeds of Sesamum orientale . [SESAME-OIL.] wăng-an, s . [Amer. Indian.] A name applied in Maine to a lumberman's boat for carrying tools, provisions, . *wăng-er, subst . [ A.S.wangere , from wange =a cheek, a jaw.] A pillow for the cheek. "His brighte helm was his wanger ." Chaucer: Rime of Sire Thopas. wăng'-hee, whăng'-hee, s . [Native name.] Bot.: Phyllo stachys nigra , a bamboo imported, perhaps with others of the genus, into Europe from China and Japan to be made into walking-sticks. *wan'-hope, s. [A. S.wan =deficient, and hope .] 1. Despair; want or absence of hope. " Wanhope of helpe is throughout me ronne truelie." Chaucer: Testament of Love , bk. iv. 2. Vain hope; delusion. "I maie bringe in the foolish wanhope (imagine we) of some usurer." -Chaloner : Translation of Morice Encomium II., 3 b. wan'-horn, s. [A corrupt. of Siamese name.] An unidentified species of Kæmpferia (q. v.). *wan-i-on, *wan'-i-and, *wăn'-ni-on, subst. [Prob. waniand is the original and correct form, being the northern form of the pr. par. of A. S. wanian =to wane (q. v.); hence, in the waniand = in the waning, and with a wanion =with diminution, detriment, or ill-luck.] A misfortune or calamity; a curse, mischief. (Chiefly used as an imprecation in the phrases, With a wannion , Wanions on you .) "I'll teach you to take place of tradesmen's wives, with a wannion to you."-Dryden: Wild Gallant , iii. wan-kle, adj . [A. S. wancol =unstable; O. & Prov. Ger. wankel =tottering; wanken to totter.] Weak, unstable; not to be depended on. ( North of England .)