Fan

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines · 1840 · p. 459

is also the name of the apparatus for winnowing corn. For an account of the powerful blowing and ventilating fan machine, see Foundry and Ventilator . FARINA ( Farine , Fr.; Mehl , Germ.); is the flour of any species of corn, or starchy root, such as potato, arrow root, . See Bread and Starch .