vaned

noun

1. weather vane.
2. a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
3. any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air.
4. a person who is readily changeable or fickle.
5. Aerospace.
   1. any fixed or movable plane surface on the outside of a rocket providing directional control while the rocket is within the atmosphere.
   2. a similar plane surface located in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing.
6. Ornithology. the web of a feather.
7. Navigation, Surveying. either of two fixed projections for sighting an alidade or the like.
8. Archery. feather(def 5).

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

n.

“wind indicator,” early 15c., southern England alteration (see V) of fane.

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.