Careful Words

fan (n.)

fan (v.)

I would not have a slave to till my ground,

To carry me, to fan me while I sleep

And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth

That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book ii. The Timepiece. Line 29.

Brain him with his lady's fan.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.