Obs. Also 7 wanne, 8–9 erron. wand. [? a. Du. wanne (now wan): see VAN sb.1]

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  1.  A winnowing fan: = VAN sb.1 1.

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1615.  Chapman, Odyss., XI. 163. What dost thou with that wanne [Gr. ἀθηρηλοιγόν, winnowing fan], vpon thy necke?

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  2.  The sail of a windmill: = VAN sb.1 5.

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  Commonly spelt wand, the word being wrongly supposed to be a corruption of WAND sb.

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1766.  Ann. Reg., 77. The sails or wands of the mill … struck her so violently on the head, as to fracture her skull.

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1825.  Brockett, N. C. Gloss., Wan, a corruption of wand. ‘A yard-wan,’—‘A mill-wan.’

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1846.  M. A. Richardson, Borderer’s Table-bk., V. 97. The wands of the wind mill … were forced round with such velocity, that by the friction of the machinery, the mill was set on fire.

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1876.  Whitby Gloss., Wands pl., long flexible rods. The sail frames of a windmill.

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