A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See Agriculture.)
·noun To move as with a fan. II. Fan ·noun A quintain; — from its form. III. Fan ·noun Something ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To beat any one. I fanned him sweetly; I beat him heartily. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a winnowing-shovel, with which grain was thrown up against the wind to be cleansed from the chaff an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
·adj Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; — said of certain leaves, and of th...
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. ...
·add. ·noun A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the...
·- Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the ...
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732). Also called "Cap and Fan Court." See Five Bell Court. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.