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I'm now vaned from all such vanities; for what are all those rarities and vagaries to the glory that shall be revealed hereafter?

From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

One end should be notched for the bow string and vaned with thin feathers after the manner of ordinary arrows.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton