These are the meanings of the letters AVNE when you unscramble them.
- Nave (n.)
The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.
- Nave (n.)
The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.
- Nave (n.)
The navel.
- Vane (n.)
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
- Vane (n.)
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
- Vane (n.)
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
- Vane (n.)
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
- Vena (n.)
A vein.