different between awny vs wany

English

awn +? -y

awny

awny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “awny”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.

wane +? -y

wany (comparative more wany, superlative most wany)

Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
Spoiled by wet; said of timber.
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