vane

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc. Source: opted

3. n. The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. Source: opted

4. n. One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc. Source: opted

5. n. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind Source: wordnet

6. n. a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it Source: wordnet

7. n. flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water Source: wordnet

8. n. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft Source: wordnet

9. 1. 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. Aye undiscreet, and changing as a vane. Chaucer. 2. Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc. 3. (Zoöl.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. 4. One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc. Vane of a leveling staff. (Surv.) Same as Target, 3. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it n. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft Source: ecdict

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