Definition of fan

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Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away..

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Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Fancy :: Fancy (v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners..
Filigree :: Filigree (a.) Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc..
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
Newfangled :: Newfangled (a.) Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions.
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip..
Fan :: Fan (n.) A quintain; -- from its form.
Proteroglypha :: Proteroglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia..
Infancy :: Infancy (n.) The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art..
Tiffany :: Tiffany (n.) A species of gause, or very silk..
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
Van :: Van (v. t.) To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow..
Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface.
Fancied :: Fancied (imp. & p. p.) of Fanc.
Idealist :: Idealist (n.) One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born..
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Pickaninny :: Pickaninny (n.) A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant..
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