v. i.
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to decrease. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
An age in which the church is in its wane. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though the year be on the wane. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]