limb vs vane

limb

noun
  • The apparent visual edge of a celestial body. 

  • A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). 

  • An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. 

  • A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. 

  • The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade. 

  • The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. 

  • A branch of a tree. 

  • The graduated edge of a circle or arc. 

verb
  • To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree). 

  • To supply with limbs. 

vane

noun
  • A sight on a sextant or compass. 

  • Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. 

  • One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile. 

  • The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. 

  • A weather vane. 

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