fanning

• IPA^(key): /ˈfænɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ænɪŋ

fanning

1. present participle of fan

fanning (plural fannings)

1. The act by which something is fanned.
   • 1764, James Grainger, The Sugar Cane

     Each shrub of shade, each tree of spreading root, / That woo the first glad fannings of the breeze.

2. A very small fragment of tea leaf.
   • 2013, Victor R. Preedy, Tea in Health and Disease Prevention

     Generally orthodox teas have four grades, namely whole leaf, broken leaf, fannings and dust.

• fanning mill