Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FAND

FAND, old preterit tense of find. obsolete

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FANDANGO

FANDAN'GO, noun A lively dance.

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FANE

FANE, noun [Latin fanum.] a temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church; used in poetry.From men their cities, and from gods their fanes.

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FANFARE

FAN'FARE, noun A coming into the lists with sound of trumpets; a flourish of trumpets.

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FANFARON

FAN'FARON, noun A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender.

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FANFARONADE

FANFARONA'DE, noun A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.

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FANG

FANG, verb transitive [See Finger.]To catch; to seize; to lay hold; to gripe; to clutch. obsoleteFANG, noun1. The tusk of a boar or other animal by which the prey is seized and ...

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FANGED

FANG'ED, adjective Furnished with fangs, tusks, or something long and pointed; as a fanged adder.Chariots fanged with sythes.

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FANGLE

FAN'GLE, noun fang'gl.A new attempt; a trifling scheme. [Not used.]

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FANGLED

FAN'GLED, adjective Properly, begun, new made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Seldom used, except with new. See New-fangled.]

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FANGLESS

FANG'LESS, adjective Having no fangs or tusks; toothless; as a fangless lion.

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FANGOT

FAN'GOT, noun A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one to two hundred weight and three quarters.

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FANION

FAN'ION, noun fan'yon. [Latin pannus.]In armies, a small flag carried with the baggage.

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FANNED

FAN'NED, participle passive Blown with a fan; winnowed; ventilated.

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FANNEL

FAN'NEL,FAN'NER, noun One who fans.

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FANNER

FAN'NER, n. One who fans.

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FANNING

FAN'NING, participle present tense Blowing; ventilating.

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FANON

FAN'ON, noun A sort of ornament like a scarf, worn about the left arm of a mass-priest, when he officiates.

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FANTASIED

FAN'TASIED, adjective [from fantasy, fancy.] Filled with fancies or imaginations; whimsical. [Not used.]

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FANTASM

FAN'TASM, noun [Gr. from to appear. Usually written phantasm.]That which appears to the imagination; a phantom; something not real.

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FANTASTIC

FANTAS'TIC,FANTAS'TICAL, adjective [Gr. vision, fancy, from to appear.]1. Fanciful; produced or existing only in imagination; imaginary; not real; chimerical.2. Having the natur...

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FANTASTICAL

FANTAS'TICAL, a. [Gr. vision, fancy, from to appear.]1. Fanciful; produced or existing only in imagination; imaginary; not real; chimerical.2. Having the nature of phantom; appa...

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FANTASTICALLY

FANTAS'TICALLY, adverb1. By the power of imagination.2. In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily.Her scepter so fantastically home.3. Whimsically; in compliance with fancy.

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FANTASTICALNESS

FANTAS'TICALNESS, noun Compliance with fancy; humorousness; whimsicalness; unreasonableness; caprice.

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FANTASY

FAN'TASY, noun Now written fancy, which see.Is not this something more than fantasy?

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FANTOM

FAN'TOM, noun [Latin phantasma, from the Greek. See Fancy.]Something that appears to the imagination; also, a specter; a ghost; an apparition. It is generally written phantom, w...

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FAP

FAP, adjective Fuddled. [Not in use.]