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To fan again: To spread again.
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You flashing star that shines so bright In the pale moon's pallor light, A sullen hope erstwhile now springs, And the lost soul refans its wings; It mounts, falls further down in scorn, A victim for thee, O brother worm.
To fan again: To cause air to blow on again.
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The heat was great, and the nights were passed in fanning oneself to sleep, awaking, and refanning to sleep again.
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The common is breezy ; the air cannot stagnate, and is nowhere obstructed, but, as described by Dr. Linden, " fans and refans from corner to corner, from any point whatsoever it may happen to blow."
After he has swept the sediment from the stones he proceeds to clean up the nest by nosing the smaller particles off to one side, sometimes even picking up pebbles in his mouth and carrying them away, after which he refans the stones until they have a polished appearance.
To fan again: To revive or reinvigorate.
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When gaining a victory, visions of further successes buoyed me up and refanned my sinking courage ; a well-contested but lost game caused me to apply myself to renewed study, and so engaged I often passed the midnight hours in solitude over the chess-board.
To fan again: To winnow again.
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I know that I am dilating upon a subject that I have already made mention of, but it cannot be too forcibly brought to the attention of planters that the selection of Mother Seed of the very best quality is of vital importance and that no rice ought to be planted that has not gone through a screening and refanning process so as to eliminate the light, chaffy, chalky and imperfect grains, all of which reproduce themselves in a plant that is weak and sickly and tends to deterioration.
To retrofit an airplane engine with a turbofan that reduces noise.
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A new engine would have to be markedly superior not only to the JT8D but also to a JT8D or Rolls-Royce Spey refanned to a higher bypass ration.
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Senator Goldwater, in reducing the funding in the program, we looked very hard at the benefits that would accrue to refanning the JT8D as compared with the JT3D.
In our July, 1974, statement, we presented preliminary test results on the effect on sea level fuel consumption of refanning an experimental engine.
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The results of refanning new JT8D aircraft in combination with other noise reduction options are shown in figures lz and l3 for 1981.
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An airplane engine that has been refanned.
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In considering the relative merits of SAM versus refan in our rule-making efforts, we have considered the following factors as being of primary significance.
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The refans have lower acquisition and maintenance costs, which favourably trade off against their higher fuel consumption to produce economical operation, particularly at shorter ranges.
The manufacturer installed three JT8D-115 refans, developed by Pratt & Whitney under contract to NASA, on a 727 for flight tests at Boeing's Boardman, OR, airfield.