*fan*

adj. being puffed out; -- used mostly of hair style, and sometimes clothing; as, a bouffant hairdo; a bouffant skirt.
Syn. -- puffy. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To dislike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A quintain; -- from its form. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), any shell of the family Pectinidæ. 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). --
electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling air, powered by an electric motor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. Jer. li. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fanning machine, or
Fanning mill, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast
To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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). [ 1913 Webster ]

Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Fanatism. ] Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion, politics or ideology; religious frenzy.

Syn. -- See Superstition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fanaticized p. pr. & vb. n. Fanaticizing ] To cause to become a fanatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism. ] Fanaticism. [ R. ] Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fancy, v. t. ] Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is governed by fancy. “Not reasoners, but fanciers.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pert or bluff important wight,
Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fancies [ Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to show; akin to &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, light, Skr. bhāto 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. [ 1913 Webster ]

How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. [ 1913 Webster ]

London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). [ 1913 Webster ]

He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extravagant; above real value. [ 1913 Webster ]

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [ Frederick the Great's ] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from the power of love. “In maiden meditation, fancy-free.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Love-sick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Find. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Vane. ] A weathercock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1&unr_; to 2&unr_; bushels; also, a measure of land. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farfār talkative. ] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron. ] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. fōn; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fāhan, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. fā, Sw. få, fånga, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. “Chariots fanged with scythes.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing. ] Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fashion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [ Obs., except with the prefix new. ] See Newfangled. “Our fangled world.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being fangled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. “A fangless lion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot. ] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fanon. ] 1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Dim., from same source as fanon. ] Same as Fanon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who fans. Jer. li. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot. & Zool.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See Vane, and cf. Fanion, Gonfalon. ] (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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]