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The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section F, G and H

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It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.

Fa"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling (?).] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." Shak.

Fa"ble, v. t. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

Fa"bler (f"blr), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Bp. Hall.

||Fa`bli`au" (?), n.; pl. Fabliaux (-"). [F., fr. OF. fablel, dim. of ||fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.) One of the metrical tales of the ||TrouvËres, or early poets of the north of France.

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.

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation.

(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor.

4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

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.

Fab"ri*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricating (?).] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.] 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

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