henry vane

noun

1. Sir HenrySir Harry Vane, 1613–62, British statesman and author.

noun

1. Also called: weather vane, wind vane a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction
2. any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill
3. any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc
4. a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance
5. ornithol the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft
6. surveying
   1. a sight on a quadrant or compass
   2. the movable marker on a levelling staff

noun

1. Sir Henry, known as Sir Harry Vane. 1613–62, English Puritan statesman and colonial administrator; governor of Massachusetts (1636–37). He was executed for high treason after the Restoration

1. British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.

1. The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the rachis.