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and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. Addison.

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.

To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. Cowley.

blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper.

The wane of the moon. Bacon.

terchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services. I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. Shak.

To be renewed, or as at first. [Obs.] Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, As oft repeats her darkness, primes again. Quarles .

To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.

The wane of the moon. [Obs.] Halliwell.

To wane. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To wane; to wither. [Obs.]

To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; - - opposed to wane. The waxing and the waning of the moon. Hakewill. Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. P. Plowman.

To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane. [Obs.] When ruddy Phwelk in west. Spenser. The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying. Milton.

pass away. "Names that must not wither." Byron. States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane. Cowper.