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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VANE (formerly spelt " fane," i.e. pennon,
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flag; cf. Ger. Feline, Du. vaan, Fr. girouette, Ital. banderuola, Ger. Wellerfahne)  , the weathercock on a
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steeple . Vanes seem in
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early times to have been of various forms, as dragons, &c.; but in the Tudor
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period the favourite
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design was a beast or
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bird sitting on a slender
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pedestal and carrying an upright
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rod, on which a thin
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plate of
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metal is hung like a
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flag, ornamented in various ways .

End of Article: VANE (formerly spelt " fane," i.e. pennon, flag; cf. Ger. Feline, Du. vaan, Fr. girouette, Ital. banderuola, Ger. Wellerfahne)
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