Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Waning; specifically, the waning of the moon, regarded as implying ill luck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The wane of the moon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The wane of the Moon.

Etymologies

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From Middle English waniand, wanyand, wenyande, apparently a noun usage of Middle English waniand ("waning", present participle), from Old English waniende ("waning", present participle), from Old English wanian ("to wane"), equivalent to wane +‎ -and.

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