Both Uses of
wane
in
Dune
- Jamis has been called by Him, by Shai-hulud, who has ordained the phases for the moons that daily wane and—in the end—appear as bent and withered twigs.†
Book 2 *
- -Stilgar's preface to "Muad'Dib, the Man" by the Princess Irulan Stilgar's troop returning to the sietch with its two strays from the desert climbed out of the basin in the waning light of the first moon.†
Book 2
Definition:
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(wane) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) -- especially the part of the moon that is visible