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wany

wany adjective: 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. Also the alternative spelling of waney.

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.
    • irregular and wany timber(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Also used as

wany is also the alternative spelling of waney.

Forms of wany

Adjective
comparativemore wany
superlativemost wany
Noun
pluralwanies

Origin of wany

From wane + -y.

Words that rhyme with wany

Questions about wany

What does wany mean?
Wany means 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.
What part of speech is wany?
Wany is an adjective.

Words near wany in the dictionary

  1. Wantz
  2. Wantzes
  3. wanweird
  4. wanwood
  5. Wanxian
  6. wany
  7. Wanyakyusa
  8. Wanyamwezi
  9. Wanyoro
  10. Wanyuan
  11. wanzam

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