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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr & vb n.
{Fanning}.] [Cf. OF vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
a winnowing machine.]
1. To move as with a fan.
The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
--Milton.
2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
the air on the face of with a fan.
3. To ventilate; to blow on to affect by air put in motion.
Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
--Dryden.
4. To winnow; to separate chaff from and drive it away by a
current of air; as to fan wheat. --Jer. li 2.
5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a
flame; to stimulate; as this conduct fanned the
excitement of the populace.
{Fanning machine}, or {Fanning mill}, a machine for
separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
fanner.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fanned
adj : especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned
tail"; "the spread-out cards" [syn: {spread-out(a)}]
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