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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fane, n. Also: fan, fayn, phane. [ME. fane (c 1325), fayne, OE. fana. See also Than(e n.2] a. A flag, pennant. b. A vane; a weathercock. — c1400 Troy-bk. i. 229.
The housses … With fannys and banneres vpon hight Aboue standand c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 95.
Of this fals failȝeand warld I tyre, That ever more flytis lyk ane phane 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 47.
The aureat fanys [R. phanis] of hys trone souerane With glytrand glans ourspred the occiane Ib. 71.
Euery fyall, fayn [v.r. fane], and stage
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