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 excites 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.
||Fa`nal" (?), n. [F.] A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for
||giving light.
Fa*nat"ic (?), 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.
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood,
hugs it to the last.
T. Moore.
Fa*nat"ic, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly
on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of
religion.
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).
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment.
Stowe.
Fa*nat"ic*al (?), a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism;
fanatic. - Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n.
Fa*nat"i*cism (?), n. [Cf. Fanatism.] Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning
zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially
religion; religious frenzy.
Syn. -- See Superstition.
Fa*nat"i*cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanaticized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fanaticizing (?).] To cause to become a fanatic.
Fan"a*tism (?), n. [Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.] Fanaticism. [R.]
Gibbon.
Fan"cied (?), a. [From Fancy, v. t.] Formed or conceived by the fancy;
unreal; as, a fancied wrong.
Fan"ci*er (?), n. 1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but
fanciers." Macaulay.
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.
Fan"ci*ful (?), a. 1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by
reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary
projects.
2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason;
abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a
fanciful theory.