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A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
“How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle: there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc.”
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
“He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.”
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
“We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.”
To slap (a behind, especially).
“Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver^([sic]) her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.”
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