Wane — Defs

01 v. i. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

imp. & p. p. Waned; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning

1.
To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, 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.
2.
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.

02 v. t. To cause to decrease.

03 n. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

1.
The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
2.
Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
“An age in which the church is in its wane.” — South.

“Though the year be on the wane.” — Keble.
3.
An inequality in a board.[Prov. Eng.]
4.
The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.(Forestry)