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<h1>Fanged</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fanged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having fangs or tusks; <as>as, a <ex>fanged</ex> adder</as>. Also used figuratively.</def>

<h1>Fangle</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fang</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]</ety> <def>Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.</def>

<h1>Fangle</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"gle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fashion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To control and new <b>fangle</b> the Scripture. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fangled</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"gled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. <mark>[Obs., except with the prefix <it>new</it>.]</mark> See <er>Newfangled</er>.</def> "Our <i>fangled</i> world."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fangleness</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"gle*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being fangled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He them in new <b>fangleness</b> did pass. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fangless</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fang"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of fangs or tusks.</def> "A <i>fangless</i> lion."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fangot</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"got</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>fagotto</ets>, <ets>fangotto</ets>, a bundle. Cf. <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <def>A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.</def>

<h1>Fanion</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fanon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.</def>

<h1>Fanlike</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a fan; -- specifically <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.</def>

<h1>Fannel</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim., from same source as <ets>fanon</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Fanon</er>.</def>

<h1>Fanner</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who fans.</def>

<i>Jer. li. 2.</i>

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