wane

Definitions

1. 1.To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child.
2. 2.To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. 3.The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
4. 4.Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. An age in which the church is in its wane. South. Though the year be on the wane. Keble.
5. 5.An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child called?
• What is the decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator called?
• What is decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. An age in which the church is in its wane. South. Though the year be on the wane. Keble called?
• What is an inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?