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Fan
·noun To move as with a fan.
II. Fan ·noun A quintain;
— from its form.
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Fan
A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from brok...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to fan
To beat any one. I fanned him sweetly; I beat him heartily.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Fan
a winnowing-shovel, with which grain was thrown up against the wind to be cleansed from the chaff an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
— chiefly used in composition; as, bob...
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Fan palm
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
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Fan-nerved
·adj Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner;
— said of certain leaves, and of th...
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Fan-tan
·add. ·noun A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the...
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Sea fan
·- Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the ...
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Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
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Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
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Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
— said of many bir...
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
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Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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Scissors-tailed
·adj Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones....
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Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Stump-tailed
·adj Having a short, thick tail.
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Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
II. Swallow-tailed ·adj Having a tail like that of a swallo...
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Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
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Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...
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culver-tailed
Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stump-tailed lizard
n.
an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732).
Also called "Cap and Fan Court."
See Five Bell Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.