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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun facioun shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr L. factio a making, fr facere to make See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf {Faction}.] 1. The make or form of anything the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke ix 29. I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak. 2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke. As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer. 3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as men of fashion. 4. Mode of action method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way ``After his sour fashion.'' --Shak. {After a fashion}, to a certain extent; in a sort. {Fashion piece} (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. {Fashion plate}, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr & vb n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.] 1. To form to give shape or figure to to mold. Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay. Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper. 2. To fit to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. --Spenser. 3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. --Locke. 4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak. {Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fashion n 1: a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life" [syn: {manner}, {mode}, {style}, {way}] 2: characteristic or habitual practice 3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior v : make out of components; often in an improvising manner; "She made a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" [syn: {forge}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. A king there was who lost an eye In some excess of passion; And straight his courtiers all did try To follow the new fashion. Each dropped one eyelid when before The throne he ventured, thinking 'Twould please the king. That monarch swore He'd slay them all for winking. What should they do? They were not hot To hazard such disaster; They dared not close an eye -- dared not See better than their master. Seeing them lacrymose and glum, A leech consoled the weepers: He spread small rags with liquid gum And covered half their peepers. The court all wore the stuff, the flame Of royal anger dying. That's how court-plaster got its name Unless I'm greatly lying. Naramy Oof
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