Definition of "wanion" [wan•ion]

• The wane of the moon (noun)
• Curse (noun)
• Vengeance (noun)

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• "McCoy looked thoughtful, then said, "What's a wanion?""
• "But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, “Take it then, with a wanion to you!” — and struck him an almost stunning blow on the face, with the pebble which she held ready for such an extremity."
• "I would worthy and learned Doctor Rochecliffe had been here, with his battery ready-mounted from the Vulgate, and the Septuagint, and what not — he would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion."