Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FA'BLING, ppr.

Feigning; devising, as stories; writing or uttering false stories.

FAB'RIC, n. [L. fabrica, a frame, from faber, a workman; Fr. fabrique.]

1. The structure of any thing; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united by art and labor; workmanship; texture. This is cloth of a beautiful fabric.
2. The frame or structure of a building; construction. More generally, the building itself; an edifice; a house; a temple; a church : a bridge, &c. The word is usually applied to a large building.
3. Any system composed of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.
4. Cloth manufactured. Silks and other fine fabrics of the East. Henry.

FAB'RIC, v.t.

To frame; to build; to construct [Little used.] Philips.

FAB'RIC-ATE, v.t. [L. fabrico, to frame, from faber, supra.]

1. To frame; to build; to construct; to form a whole by connecting its parts; as, to fabricate a bridge or a ship.
2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; as, to fabricate woolens.
3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accommodation to prevailing usages. Paley.
4. To coin; as, to fabricate money. [Unusual.] Henry, Hist.

FAB'RIC-A-TED, pp.

Framed; constructed; built; manufactured; invented; devised falsely; forged.

FAB'RIC-A-TING, ppr.

Framing; constructing; manufacturing; devising falsely; forging.

FAB-RIC-A'TION, n.

1. The act of framing or constructing; construction; as, the fabrication of a bridge or of a church.
2. The act of manufacturing.
3. The act of devising falsely; forgery.
4. That which is fabricated; a falsehood. The story is doubtless a fabrication.

FAB'RIC-A-TOR, n.

One that constructs or makes.

FAB'RILE, a. [L. fabrilis.]

Pertaining to handcrafts. [Not used.]

FAB'U-LIST, n. [from fable.]

The inventor or writer of fables. Garrick.

FAB'U-LIZE, v.t.

To invent, compose or relate fables. Faber.

FAB'U-LIZ-ED, pp.

Related in fable.

FAB-U-LIZ-ING, ppr.

Composing or relating in fable.

FAB-U-LOS'I-ITY, n.

Fabulousness; fullness of fables. [Little used.] Abbot.

FAB'U-LOUS, a.

1. Feigned, as a story; devised; fictitious; as, a fabulous story; a fabulous description.
2. Related in fable; described or celebrated in fables; invented; not real; as, a fabulous hero; the fabulous exploits of Hercules.
3. The fabulous age of Greece and Rome, was the early age of those countries, the accounts of which are mostly fabulous, or in which the fabulous achievements of their heroes were performed; called also the heroic age.

FAB'U-LOUS-LY, adv.

In fable or fiction; in a fabulous manner. Brown.

FAB'U-LOUS-NESS, n.

The quality of being fabulous or feigned.

FAC'ADE, n. [fassa'de; Fr.]

Front; front view or elevation of an edifice. Warton.

FACE, n. [Fr. face; It. faccia; Sp. faz, or haz; Arm. façz; L. facies, from facio, to make.]

1. In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view; of the spectator; as, the face of the earth; the face of the waters.
2. A part of the surface of a thing; or the plane surface of a solid. Thus, a cube or die has six faces; an octahedron has eight faces.
3. The surface of the fore part of an animal's head, particularly of the human head; the visage. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Gen. iii. Joseph bowed himself with his face to the earth. Gen. xiviii.
4. Countenance; cast of features; look; air of the face. We set the best face on it we could. Dryden.
5. The front of a thing; the forepart; the flat surface that presents itself first to view; as, the face of a house. Ezek. xli.
6. Visible state; appearance. This would produce a new face of things in Europe. Addison.
7. Appearance; look. Nor heaven, nor sea, their former face retained. Waller. His dialogue has the face of probability. Baker.
8. State of confrontation. The witnesses were presented face to face.
9. Confidence; boldness; impudence; a bold front. He has the face to charge others with false citations. Tillotson.
10. Presence; sight; as in the phrases, before the face, in the face, to the face, from the face.
11. The person. I had not thought to see thy face. Gen. xlviii.
12. In Scripture, face is used for anger or favor. Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne. Rev. vi. Make thy face to shine on thy servant. Ps. xxxi. How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Ps. xiii. Hence, to seek the face, that is, to pray to, to seek the favor of. To set the face against, is to oppose. To accept one's face, is to show him favor or grant his request. So, to entreat the face, is to ask favor; but these phrases are nearly obsolete.
13. A distorted form of the face; as in the phrase, to make faces, or to make wry faces. Face to face, when both parties are present; as, to have accusers face to face. Acts xxv.
14. Nakedly; without the interposition of any other body. Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. 1 Cor. xiii.

FACE, v.i.

1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. To lie, to face, to forge. Hubberd's Tale.
2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

FACE, v.t.

1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle. I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king. Dryden.
2. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward. The colleges in New Haven face the public square.
3. To cover with additional superficies; to cover in front; as, a fortification faced with marble; to face a garment with silk. To face down, to oppose boldly, or impudently.

FACE-CLOTH, n. [face and cloth.]

A cloth laid over the face of a corpse. Brand.

FAC-ED, pp.

Covered in front. In composition, denoting the kind of face; as, full-faced. Bailey.

FACE-LESS, a.

Without a face.

FACE-PAINT-ER, n.

A painter of portraits; one who draws the likeness of the face.