v. i. - To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
v. i. - To decline; to fail; to sink.
v. t. - To cause to decrease.
n. - The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
n. - Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
n. - An inequality in a board.
n. - The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.