FAN-LIGHT, noun A window in form of an open fan. FAN, verb transitive 1. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face with a fan. 2. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion. The fanning wind upon her bosom blows; To meet the fanning wind the bosom rose. Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. 3. To move as with a fan. The air - fanned with plumes. 4. To winnow; to ventilate; to separate chaff from grain and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
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