Section F, G and H

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-- 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).

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.

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