Chapter 573

Fan (?) , n. [AS. fann , fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van . Cf. Van a winnowing machine, Winnow .] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface ; as: (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away . (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.

Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan . Is. xxx. 24.

2. 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 .

3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Fan blower , a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air ( fan blast ) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. -- Fan cricket (Zo\'94l.) , a mole cricket. -- Fan light (Arch.) , a window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways. -- Fan shell (Zo\'94l.) , any shell of the family Pectinid\'91 . See Scallop , n. , 1. -- Fan tracery (Arch.) , the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. -- Fan vaulting (Arch.) , an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. -- Fan wheel , the wheel of a fan blower. -- Fan window . Same as Fan light (above).

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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.

Fanal <Xpage=541>

Fa`nal" (?) , n. [F.] A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

Fanatic <Xpage=541>

Fa*nat"ic (?) , a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique . See Fane .] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.

But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. T. Moore.

Fanatic <Xpage=541>

Fa*nat"ic , n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.

There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics , which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller (1660).

Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.

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Fa*nat"ic*al (?) , a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. - Fa*nat"ic*al*ly , adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness , n.

Fanaticism <Xpage=541>

Fa*nat"i*cism (?) , n. [Cf. Fanatism .] Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy. <-- and politics, terrorism -->

Syn. -- See Superstition .

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Fa*nat"i*cize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fanaticized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fanaticizing (?) .] To cause to become a fanatic.

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Fan"a*tism (?) , n. [Cf. F. fanatisme . Cf. Fanaticism .] Fanaticism. [R.]

Gibbon.

Fancied <Xpage=541>

Fan"cied (?) , a. [From Fancy , v. t. ] Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong .

Fancier <Xpage=541>

Fan"ci*er (?) , n. 1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers ."

Macaulay.

2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier , dog fancier , etc.

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Fan"ci*ful (?) , a. 1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects .

2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.

3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress .

Gather up all fancifullest shells. Keats.

Syn. -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild. -- Fanciful , Fantastical , Visionary . We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact.

-- Fan"ci*ful*ly , adv. - Fan"ci*ful*ness , n.

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Fan"*ci*less (?) , a. Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.]

A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless , whose blood is white. Armstrong.

Fancy <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy (?) , n. ; pl. Fancies (#) . [Contr. fr. fantasy , OF. fantasie , fantaisie , F. fantaisie , L. phantasia , fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to show; akin to <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, light, Skr. bh\'be to shine. Cf. Fantasy , Fantasia , Epiphany , Phantom .] 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.

In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.

2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? Shak.

3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.

I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.

4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy ; hence, the object of inclination or liking.

To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.

5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.

6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.]

Shak.

The fancy , all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.

At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy . De Quincey.

Syn. -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See Imagination .

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Fan"cy , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fancied (?) , p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (<?/) .] 1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.

If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke.

2. To love. [Obs.]

Shak.

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Fan"cy , v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

He whom I fancy , but can ne'er express. Dryden.

2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. "We fancy not the cardinal."

Shak.

3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).

He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray.

Fancy <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy , a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods .

2. Extravagant; above real value.

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay.

Fancy ball , a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair , a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. -- Fancy goods , fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. -- Fancy line (Naut.) , a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. Fancy roller (Carding Machine) , a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks , a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Fancy store , one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Fancy woods , the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.

Fancy-free <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy-free` (?) , a. Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy-free ."

Shak.

Fancymonger <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy*mon`ger (?) , n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.]

Shak.

Fancy-sick <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy-sick` (?) , a. Love-sick.

Shak.

Fancywork <Xpage=542>

Fan"cy*work` (?) , n. Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Fand <Xpage=542>

Fand (?) , obs. imp. of Find .

Spenser.

Fandango <Xpage=542>

Fan*dan"go (?) , n. ; pl. Fandangoes (#) . [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.] 1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.

2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]

Fane <Xpage=542>

Fane (?) , n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame .] A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]

Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes . Wordsworth.

Fane <Xpage=542>

Fane , n. [See Vane .] A weathercock. [Obs.]

Fanega <Xpage=542>

Fa*ne"ga (?) , n. [Sp.] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1<?/ to 2<?/ bushels; also, a measure of land.

De Colange.

Fanfare <Xpage=542>

Fan"fare` (?) , n. [F. Cf. Fanfaron .] A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.

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Fan"fa*ron (?) , n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron ; cf. It. fanfano , and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farf\'ber talkative.] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.]

Dryden.

Fanfaronade <Xpage=542>

Fan*far`on*ade" (?) , n. [F. fanfaronnade , fr. Sp. fanfarronada . See Fanfaron .] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.

Swift.

Fanfoot <Xpage=542>

Fan"foot` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot ( Phyodactylus gecko ) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon .

Fang <Xpage=542>

Fang (?) , v. t. [OE. fangen , fongen , fon ( g orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. f<?/n ; akin to D. vangen , OHG. f\'behan , G. fahen , fangen , Isel. f\'be , Sw. f<?/ , f<?/nga , Dan. fange , faae , Goth. fahan , and prob. to E. fair , peace , pact . Cf. Fair , a. ] 1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.]

Shak.

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged . J. Webster.

2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes."

Philips.

Fang <Xpage=542>

Fang , n. [From Fang , v. t. ; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.

Since I am a dog, beware my fangs . Shak.

2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.

3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth .

4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.

Knight.

5. (Mech.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.

6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope.

In a fang , fast entangled. -- To lose the fang , said of a pump when the water has gone out ; hence: To fang a pump , to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]

Fanged <Xpage=542>

Fanged (?) , a. Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder . Also used figuratively.

Fangle <Xpage=542>

Fan"gle (?) , n. [From Fang , v. t. ; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.] Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

Fangle <Xpage=542>

Fan"gle , v. t. To fashion. [Obs.]

To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.

Fangled <Xpage=542>

Fan"gled (?) , a. New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new .] See Newfangled . "Our fangled world."

Shak.

Fangleness <Xpage=542>

Fan"gle*ness (?) , n. Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]

He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser.

Fangless <Xpage=542>

Fang"less (?) , a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. "A fangless lion."

Shak.

Fangot <Xpage=542>

Fan"got (?) , n. [Cf. It. fagotto , fangotto , a bundle. Cf. Fagot .] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.

Fanion <Xpage=542>

Fan"ion (?) , n. [See Fanon .] 1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]

2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.

Fanlike <Xpage=542>

Fan"like` (?) , a. Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.) , folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.

Fannel <Xpage=542>

Fan"nel (?) , n. [Dim., from same source as fanon .] Same as Fanon .

Fanner <Xpage=542>

Fan"ner (?) , n. 1. One who fans.

Jer. li. 2.

2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan .

Fannerved <Xpage=542>

Fan"*nerved` (?) , a. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.

Fanon <Xpage=542>

Fan"on (?) , n. [F. fanon , LL. fano , fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See Vane , and cf. Fanion , Confalon .] (Eccl.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also fannel , phanon , etc.]

Fan palm <Xpage=542>

Fan" palm` (?) . (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Cham\'91rops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree ( Corypha umbraculifera ) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

Fantail <Xpage=542>

Fan"tail` (?) , n. (Zool.) (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. (b) 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.