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<hw>Fab"rile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrilis</ets>, fr. <ets>faber</ets> workman. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; <as>as, <ex>fabrile</ex> skill</as>.</def>

<h1>Fabulist</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"u*list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliste</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fabula</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>One who invents or writes fables.</def>

<h1>Fabulize</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"u*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fabulized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fabulizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliser</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.</def>

<i>G. S. Faber.</i>

<h1>Fabulosity</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab`u*los"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulositas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fabulosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fabulousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Abp. Abbot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fabulous or fictitious story.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Fabulous</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulosus</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabuleux</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> description; a <ex>fabulous</ex> hero.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>fabulous</b> birth of Minerva. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Passing belief; exceedingly great; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> price</as>.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<cs><col>Fabulous age</col>, <cd>that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the <i>fabulous<i> age of Greek and Rome.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fab"u*lous*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fab"u*lous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Faburden</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ur*den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>foux bpirdon</ets>. See <er>False</er>, and <er>Burden</er> a verse.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of counterpoint with a drone bass</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A succession of chords of the sixth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A monotonous refrain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Fac</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. of <ets>facsimile</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Fa\'87ade</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fa`\'87ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>facciata</ets>, fr. <ets>fassia</ets> face, L. <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its <i>facade</i> unfinished, though the interior may be in use.</def>

<h1>Face</h1> <Xpage=535>