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fan, fanner, fanners, maisic-fan, meesic-fan, muisic-fan, music-fan, unfannered, unfannert,
fan [fan]
n. A fan.
v. To fan.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fanner: A winnowing machine.
muisic-fan: Contemptuous term for a musical instrument.
unfannert, unfannered: Of chaff: not winnowed away.
fancie, fancies, fancifu, fancy, fansay, fency, fincy, funcie, funcies, funcy,
fancy [ˈfansɪ, MN. ˈfʌnsi]
n. A fancy.
pl. fancies
adj. Fancy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fancifu: Fanciful.
fang, fangan, fanged, fangid, fangin, fangit, fank, fanked, faung,
fang [faŋ]
n. Booty, plunder, stolen property. A great bargain, something of little value or importance. A burden, a heavy bundle. Of a pump: the capacity for suction. Mental grasp, understanding.
v. To seize, capture, to catch fish.
pt. pp. fangt adj. fangit Seized, captured, etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
aff the fang: Of a pump: having lost its suction. Of people: out of humour, without one's usual spirit or skill.
fangin: Carrying a burden.
in the fang To be in the mood with a negative connotation.
on the fang: Of a pump: in working order. In a good mood, in good fettle.
new_fangled, new_fangled, newfangelt, new-fangelt, newfangle, new-fangle, newfangled, new-fangled, newfanglet, new-fungelt,
fangle [faŋl]
n. A silly or fantastic fashion or contrivance.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
new-fangle: Something new, a novelty.
new-fangelt: Innovative.
fang, fang, fang$l, fang$le, fangelt, fangle, fangled, fank, fank, fank$t, fanked, fankelt, fankilt, fankit, fankl$t, fankle, fankled, fanklet, fanklit, fankt, unfankle,
fank [faŋk]
n. A rope coil. A noose. A tangle of thread etc.
v. To tangle or twist a rope or thread etc. To entangle or ravel.
pt. pp. fankit adj. Ravelled, mixed up.
 
fankle [faŋkl, MN. faŋl]
n. A tangle, muddle, an entanglement, a predicament.
v. To catch in a snare, to trap. To tangle, entangle, mix up. To become ravelled or tangled, to catch on.
pt. pp. fankelt adj. Tangled, entangled.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
unfankle: To disentangle.
fank, fanked, fankit,
fank [faŋk]
n. A sheep pen
v. To drive into a sheep-fold.
pt. pp. fankit
faan, fan, fann,
fann [NN.b. I. faːn]
n. A drift or wreath of snow.
fantice,
fantice [ˈfantəis]
n. Fantasy, imagination.
Fanny_Toosh, fantoosh, fantosh, fantouche, fantoush,
fantoush [fanˈtuʃ]
adj. Flashy, ultra-fashionable.
faoilteach, furtoch, futtick,
faoilteach [Gael. ˈfʌtəx, fʌrtəx]
n. A period in the month of February or the last three days of March often implying a bad summer.

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