·adj Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner;
— said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Nerve>>. II. Nerved ·adj Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins. I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun To move as with a fan. II. Fan ·noun A quintain; — from its form. III. Fan ·noun Something ...
A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from brok...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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
·adj Having the nerves radiating from the base; — said of leaves. ...
·adj Having the nerves spring from the midrib. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Quintuple-ribbed. ...
·adj Having three nerves. ...
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
·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.