WAN
Wan, obs. imp. of Win.
Defn: Won. Chaucer.
WAN
Wan (, a. Etym: [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid,
perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive.
See Win.]
Defn: Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
"Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser.
My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer.
Why so pale and wan, fond lover Suckling.
With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow.
WAN
Wan, n.
Defn: The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]
Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson.
WAN
Wan, v. i.
Defn: To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage
wanned." Shak.
And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair.
Tennyson.
WAND
Wand, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vöndr, akin to Dan.
vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to
E. wind to turn.]
1. A small stick; a rod; a verge. With good smart blows of a wand on his back. Locke.