Fan:
a winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa 30:24; Jer 15:7; Mat 3:12). (See AGRICULTURE.)
Fan: An Agricultural Tool; Winnowing Shovel.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose FAN is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (Matthew 3:11-12)
Fan:
a winnowing‐shovel, with which grain was thrown up against the wind to be cleansed from the chaff and straw (Isaiah 30:24; Matthew 3:12). A large wooden fork is used at the present day.
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