Both Uses of
wane
in
Childhood's End
- Waxing and waning with a peculiar rhythm, it ascended ever more swiftly into the sky, drawing a fluctuating line of light across the stars.†
Chpt 8 *waning = declining or diminishing
- The phantom light was beginning to wane.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) -- especially the part of the moon that is visible