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We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.

Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.

I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.

To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.

She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.

By the first article, these fanning mills were appointed to be sent to the proprietors of the mills of Sault-à-la puce, Petit-Pré, Beauport, Pointe de Lévy, St. Nicolas and Ste. Famille in the isle of Orleans " to have all the wheat in general of whatever quality sent to these mills passed and fanned, before converting them into flour."

Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.