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.