Vaned

noun
1.
weather vane.
2.
a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
3.
any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air.
4.
a person who is readily changeable or fickle.
5.
Aerospace.

any fixed or movable plane surface on the outside of a rocket providing directional control while the rocket is within the atmosphere.
a similar plane surface located in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing.

6.
Ornithology. the web of a feather.
7.
Navigation, Surveying. either of two fixed projections for sighting an alidade or the like.
8.
Archery. feather (def 5).
noun
1.
Also called weather vane, wind vane. a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction
2.
any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill
3.
any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc
4.
a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance
5.
(ornithol) the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft
6.
(surveying)

a sight on a quadrant or compass
the movable marker on a levelling staff

noun
1.
Sir Henry, known as Sir Harry Vane. 1613–62, English Puritan statesman and colonial administrator; governor of Massachusetts (1636–37). He was executed for high treason after the Restoration

Vane (vān), John Robert. Born 1927.

British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.
vane
(vān)
The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the rachis.