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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under <er>Fan</er>.</def>

<h1>Fannerved</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"*nerved`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.</def>

<h1>Fanon</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fanon</ets>, LL. <ets>fano</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>fano</ets> banner cloth, G. <ets>fahne</ets> banner. See <er>Vane</er>, and cf. <er>Fanion</er>, <er>Confalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A term applied to various articles, as: <sd>(a)</sd> A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. <sd>(b)</sd> A maniple.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fannel</asp>, <asp>phanon</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<h1>Fan palm</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan" palm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the <spn>Cham\'91rops humilis</spn> of Southern Europe; the species of <spn>Sabal</spn> and <spn>Thrinax</spn> in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (<spn>Corypha umbraculifera</spn>) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.</def>

<h1>Fantail</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any bird of the Australian genus <spn>Rhipidura</spn>, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.</def>

<h1>Fan-tailed</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"-tailed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; <as>as, the <ex>fan-tailed</ex> pigeon</as>.</def>

<h1>Fantasia</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan*ta"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.</def>

<h1>Fantasied</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"ta*sied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fantasy</er>.]</ety> <def>Filled with fancies or imaginations.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fantasm</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"tasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Phantasm</er>, <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Phantasm</er>.</def>

<h1>Fantast</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"tast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose manners or ideas are fantastic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Fantastic</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan*tas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fantastique</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ able to represent, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to make visible. See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; <as>as, <ex>fantastic</ex> minds; a <ex>fantastic</ex> mistress.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.</def>

<blockquote>There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old <b>fantastic</b> roots so high. <i>T. Gray.</i></blockquote>