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  1. Waning; specifically, the waning of the moon, regarded as implying ill luck. Be they kyngis or knyghtis, in care зe thaim cast; зaa, and welde tham in woo to wonne, in the wanyand. York Plays, p. 124. He would of lykelyhood bynde them to cartes and beate them, and make theym wed in the waniand. Sir T. More, Works, p. 306.

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  1. Middle English waniand, wanyand, weny ande; apparently a noun use of Middle English waniand, present participle (from Anglo-Saxon waniende) of wanien, wanen, wane: see wane. Cf. wanton.
 

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