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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl {Fairies}. [OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF faerie enchantment, F. f['e]er, fr LL Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See {Fate}, and cf {Fay} a fairy.] [Written also {fa["e]ry}.] 1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. The God of her has made an end And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower. 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.] He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate. 3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See {Elf}, and {Demon}. The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. --K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak. 5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak. {Fairy of the mine}, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See {Kobold}. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
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