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wanse
vb. (context intransitive UK dialectal Scotland English) To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
Usage examples of "wanse".
Beyond a great crystal display counter Wansing was moving about among a number of opened shelves, talking softly to himself.
Like all the slave owners the captain had met on Porlumma so far, Wansing seemed unhappy.