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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wanion  \Wan"ion\,  n.  [Probably  for  OE  waniand  waning,  p.  pr  of 
  wanien;  hence  used  of  the  waning  of  the  moon,  supposed  to  be 
  an  unlucky  time.  See  {Wane}.] 
  A  word  of  uncertain  signification,  used  only  in  the  phrase 
  with  a  wanion,  apparently  equivalent  to  with  a  vengeance, 
  with  a  plague,  or  with  misfortune.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 
  Latimer. 

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