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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fabric \Fab"ric\, n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf F. fabrique fabric. See {Forge}.] 1. The structure of anything the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make as cloth of a beautiful fabric. 2. That which is fabricated; as: a Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. --Milton. b Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as silks or other fabrics. 3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor. --Milman. 4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts as the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr & vb n. {Fabricking}.] To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] ``Fabric their mansions.'' --J. Philips. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fabric n 1: something made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {cloth}, {material}, {textile}] 2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society" [syn: {framework}]
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