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单词 waney
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waneyadj.

Brit. /ˈweɪni/, U.S. /ˈweɪni/
Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s wany, 1600s wainny, waynny, 1800s wainy.
Etymology: < wane n.1 + -y suffix1.
Of unsquared or imperfectly squared timber: Having wanes (see wane n.1 3) or natural bevels at the angles. Hence, of an angle or edge: consisting of wane.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > having bevelled edge or imperfect angle
waney1658
1658 G. Atwell Faithfull Surveyour App. vii. 132 When they do hew any timber, they leave it so wany, that..they leave it nearer round then square.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 140 The Girders..prove commonly somewhat Wainny upon their upper sides.
1860 Builder 21 Jan. 46/2 I have found a difference..of from five to twenty-five per cent., according as timber was squared or wany.
1876 Act 39 & 40 Vict. c. 80 §24 Any square, round, waney, or other timber.
1878 Encycl. Brit. IV. 773/2 The pine prepared for exportation is made into squared timber..; or into waney timber (as it is called when only partially squared or flatted).
1888 E. A. P. Burt Stand. Timber Measurer 237 The chord of the defective angle, or waney edge.
In figurative context.1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) v. 34 As hard at the heart as a log of elm; howsomever, said a third, I hope it wont be long afore he has the wainy edge scored off of him, any how.

Derivatives

ˈwaneyness n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > amount by which wood is imperfectly squared > fact of
waneyness1679
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 140 The Joysts..strengthen their Bearing by so much as they project over the roundness or wayniness of the upper side of the Girder.
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