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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Fan, Fand, n. [e.m.E. and ME. fan, fann(e, OE. fan(n.] A winnowing fan; a hand-fan. —c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 128.
Stand ferme and stable, … For now the fan approchis fast at hand 1562 Inv. Wardrobe 158.
Sex litle culing fannis of litle wandis 1612 Edinb. Test. XLVII. 125 b.
Sax paiper fandes at xiij s.. iiij d. the peice

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