Vane is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for VANE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a device for showing the direction of the wind
• a broad blade attached to a rotating axis or wheel which pushes or is pushed by wind or water and forms part of a machine or device such as a windmill, propeller, or turbine.
• the flat part on either side of the shaft of a feather.
• a broad, flat projecting surface designed to guide the motion of a projectile, such as a feather on an arrow or a fin on a torpedo.
• flat blade on a rotary device such as a weathercock or propeller
• 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.
• 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.
• The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
• One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
• mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
• a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
• flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
• the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

Words related to VANE

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Words that contain VANE

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How to use VANE in a sentence

• Liberty gave her last sigh on the remonstrance of Sir Harry Vane, and a military hero, by means of his army, stamps his iron heel on England.
• There was nothing laughable about the earnestness of men like Cromwell, Milton, Algernon Sidney, and Sir Henry Vane.
• Here we saw the weather screen on Wind Vane Hill, and a moment later turned a small headland and brought the hut in full view.
• The vane on its conical roof sparkled in the sunlight.
• Vane saw his mistake and reverted to his private estate.
• The Vane forces struggled hard, but were badly defeated, and Winthrop was restored to his former office as governor, while the stern Thomas Dudley was made deputy governor.
• Aided by the warm friendship of Sir Harry Vane, the efforts of the agents were crowned with success.
• In this crisis the friendship of Governor Vane for the banished champion of religious liberty was used to good effect.
• But the vane on the tower remains there to this day as a witness of his prowess with the long rifle.
• If he were sent to reach a broken weather vane, he would tear off part of the roof in his zeal.
• Lovel himself and Vane and Fairfax had put the politic plea which seemed unanswerable, and yet Oliver halted and asked for a sign.
• Sir Henry Vane, Oliver Cromwell, Nathaniel Fiennes, and Oliver St.
• The attention of the public was much engaged by the trial of two distinguished criminals, Lambert and Vane.
• Vane wanted neither courage nor capacity to avail himself of this advantage.
• At her departure, it appears, from the best authorities, that she gave the great Chair to her friend Henry Vane.
• Vane Cameron and Ralph Henderson, by tacit consent, joined Mrs.
• She knew that Vane Cameron was a man in a thousand.
• The second morning after matters had been thus settled, Vane Cameron was told that he might pay his betrothed another visit.
• Vane Cameron recoiled as if the man had struck him a blow instead of simply stating his name.
• It seemed to me as if I were out in the graveyard again, and heard the screaming of the rusty weather vane as the wind turned it.
• He had need now to use all the strength in his legs, for he must use one hand to disentangle the black scarf, which lay twisted about the vane just over his head.
• Pollock bought a copy of the photograph showing Dick close to the weather vane on his climb.
• And the arms of the Honorable Cuthbert Vane had snatched me up and were bearing me safe and dry to shore.
• Even I had had an outline of it from Cuthbert Vane.
• Could I ask Cuthbert Vane to do it, too? And then I smiled a smile that was half proud.
• Vane, I must beg leave to remind you that the object of this expedition was yet unattained when Mr.
• Then the Scotchman, Cuthbert Vane and I set off through the woods.
• I found Mabel Vane easy, and I enjoyed playing her, too, although there was less to be proud of in my success here.
• The political philosophy of a Vane or a Sidney could never have done it.
• CHAPTER VII ENGLISH AND GERMAN HISTORIANS When I went to England in 1886 to collect materials for a life of Young Sir Henry Vane, John Fiske gave me a letter to Dr.
• In looking up Young Sir Henry Vane, it seemed fitting to have some knowledge of Parliament, and I welcomed the chance when, on the 19th of August, 1886, Parliament convened.
• At her departure, it appears from the best authorities, that she gave the great chair to her friend, Henry Vane.

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