wany

English

Etymology

wane +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪni

Adjective

wany (comparative more wany, superlative most wany)

1. Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
2. Spoiled by wet; said of timber.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “wany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• YNWA, Yawn, awny, wayn, yawn