Definition of fan

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Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind..

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Device :: Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
Fan :: Fan (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion..
Fair :: Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair..
Sea Fan :: Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon..
Profaneness :: Profaneness (n.) The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language..
Image :: Image (n.) A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..
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..
Fanion :: Fanion (n.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.
Snug :: Snug (superl.) Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat..
Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..
Flutist :: Flutist (n.) To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan..
Fannel :: Fannel (n.) Same as Fanon.
Infant :: Infant (n.) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor..
Craze :: Craze (n.) A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
Infancy :: Infancy (n.) The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
Fand :: Fand () imp. of Find.
Infanta :: Infanta (n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest..
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