waniand

English

Alternative forms
  • wanyand

Etymology

From Middle English waniand, wanyand, wenyande, apparently a noun usage of Middle English waniand (“waning”, present participle), from Old English waniende (“waning”, present participle), from Old English wanian (“to wane”), equivalent to wane +‎ -and.

Noun

waniand (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The wane of the Moon.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for waniand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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