Fan, subst. 1) instrument used by ladies to cool themselves by moving the air: Wiv. II, 2, 12. LLL IV, 1, 147. Shr. IV, 3, 57. H4A II, 3, 25. H6B I, 3, 141. Rom. II, 4, 112. Rom. II, 4, 112 Oth. IV, 2, 9. Ant. I, 1, 9. II, 2, 208.
2) instrument to winnow grain: Troil. I, 3, 27.
3) the fanning, agitating the air: falls even in “the f. and wind of your fair sword,” Troil. V, 3, 41, (or rather a hendiadis == the fanning wind).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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