WANEY

  

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WANEY

Definition: WANEY

WANEY

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: WANEY

Specialty definitions using "WANEY": terminus post quemwaney edge, waney sawn timber. (references)

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Expressions: WANEY

Expressions using "WANEY": waney edge waney sawn timber. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "WANEY": waney-edged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WANEY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  lil waney

6

  waney wonder

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: WANEY

Language Translations for "WANEY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏متناقص (decreasing, decrescent, flagging, incongruous, tapering). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

намаляващ (flagging, languishing, remissive, step down, thin), намален (diminished, reduced). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vankantet (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), udkantet trae (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), bomkantet (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), bomkant (wane, waney edge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wankant (dull edge, wane, waney edge), ongekantrecht hout (round edged, unedged, unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber, waney-edged), hout met wankant (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), hout met waankant (round edged, unedged, waney-edged). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vajaasärmäinen sahatavara (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), vajaasärmäinen reuna (waney edge), vajaasärmäinen (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), särmäämätön (round edged, unedged, waney-edged). (various references)

   

French

  

en déclin. (various references)

   

German

  

Waldkante (wane, waney edge), unbesaeumt sind Bretter oder Bohlen,die im Blockschnitt oder auf andere Weise erzeugt wurden und unter Belassung der Baumkante als unbesaeumtes Schnittholz in den Handel kommen (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), unbesäumtes Schnittholz (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), unbesäumtes Holz (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κακοπελέκητο ξύλο (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), μη γωνιοτομημένο ξύλο (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), περιθώριο σανίδας με ασυνέχειες υλικού (waney edge), ακμή με ασυνέχειες υλικού (waney edge), απαρύφωτος (round edged, unedged, waney-edged). (various references)

   

Italian

  

non refilato (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), legname con smussi (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aneyway

   

Portuguese

  

não alinhada (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), madeira serrada não esquadriada (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), madeira serrada em tosco (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), aresta com descaio (waney edge). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sin escuadrar (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), madera sin cantos vivos (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), madera no canteada (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vankant (wane, waney edge, want), okantat virke (unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber), okantad (round edged, unedged, waney-edged). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "WANEY"

Words rhyming with "WANEY" (pronounced 'Wan"ey'): Blickey, Bockey, Chantey, Clayey, Dickey, Dopey, Frowey, Gluey, hockey, Pokey, Pomey, Rimey, Rolley, Skiey, Skyey, slavey, Veney, Wheyey. (additional references)

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Anagrams: WANEY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-n-w-y"

-1 letter: anew, awny, wane, wany, wean, yawn, yean.

-2 letters: ane, any, awe, awn, aye, nae, naw, nay, new, wae, wan, way, wen, wye, wyn, yaw, yea, yen, yew.

-3 letters: ae, an, aw, ay, en, na, ne, we, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-n-w-y"
 

+1 letter: sawney, tawney, yawned, yawner.

 

+2 letters: anywise, endways, laneway, sawneys, tawneys, unweary, yawners.

 

+3 letters: anywhere, awayness, bendways, entryway, greenway, laneways, laywomen, sternway, swannery, underway, unswayed, wardenry, weaponry, wearying.

 

+4 letters: anywheres, bewraying, entryways, greenways, lawyering, nonlawyer, renewably, sternways, unawarely, wearingly, wyandotte.

 

+5 letters: awaynesses, bewearying, cornerways, downplayed, everywoman, highwaymen, lawyerings, lengthways, nonlawyers, rowanberry, waveringly, wyandottes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WANEY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 41 4E 45 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    -.    .    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01000001 01001110 01000101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#65 &#78 &#69 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0041 004E 0045 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5735483959

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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