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Significados de vane en inglés

portugués
cata-vento
catalán
penell
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Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.

        cata-vento
        catalán
        aspa

        Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.

              aspa

              The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

                    Uso de vane en inglés
                    1
                    Even a light vane of feathers fastened in the mizzen-rigging hung down.
                    In the Eastern Seas
                    2
                    The burgomaster nodded and Hans took aim at the weather-vane and fired.
                    Pixy's Holiday Journey
                    3
                    This species of weather-vane which looked upon the pavement was the signboard.
                    Notre-Dame de Paris
                    4
                    The captain also had blanket control of many of the sub-vane properties.
                    Nova
                    5
                    A little way beyond the screen, again, stood the wind-vane and anemometer.
                    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
                    6
                    Puffs of wind rustled my pages; the weather vane shuddered, clocked around.
                    Good things I wish you
                    7
                    You can hardly name them unless you look at the weather vane.
                    The Colour of Life
                    8
                    They found that the wireless outfit was a rusty weather-vane that creaked.
                    With the Allies
                    9
                    It was really asking a great deal of a care-free, happy-go-lucky weather-vane.
                    The Red Cross Girl
                    10
                    The Mouse felt the ship lurch as Katin's vane suddenly flailed wild.
                    Nova
                    11
                    Her face turned toward Beatrice like an antique weather vane swinging around.
                    Bloodchild and Other Stories
                    12
                    The vane itself is easily constructed as can be seen in the illustration.
                    The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                    13
                    The windmill vane can be made in any size to suit the builder.
                    The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                    14
                    Investigator, her top-gallant-sails just being in the vane of the horizon.
                    The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson / With the journal of her first ...
                    15
                    The old weather vane with the bullet marks upon it is still preserved.
                    The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
                    16
                    At last the golden weather-vane on the church tower called down:-
                    Mother Stories
                    Sobre este término
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                    Vane a través del tiempo
                    Vane por variante geográfica
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