Part 4142

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> man; <ex>fair</ex> dealing; a <ex>fair</ex> statement.</as></def> "I would call it <i>fair</i> play."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.</def>

<blockquote>When <b>fair</b> words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. <i>L' Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Distinct; legible; <as>as, <ex>fair</ex> handwriting</as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> specimen</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The news is very <b>fair</b> and good, my lord. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fair ball</col>. <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a <altname>fair hit</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Fair maid</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The European pilchard (<spn>Clupea pilchardus</spn>) when dried.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The southern scup (<spn>Stenotomus Gardeni</spn>). [<i>Virginia</i>]</cd> -- <col>Fair one</col>, <cd>a handsome woman; a beauty,</cd> -- <col>Fair play</col>, <cd>equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice.</cd> -- <col>From fair to middling</col>, <cd>passable; tolerable.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>The fair sex</col>, <cd>the female sex.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See <er>Candid</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Fair</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.</def>

<cs><col>Fair and square</col>, <cd>justly; honestly; equitably; impartially.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To bid fair</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bid</er>.</cd> -- <col>To speak fair</col>, <cd>to address with courtesy and frankness. <mark>[Archaic]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Fair</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fairness, beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fair woman; a sweetheart.</def>

<blockquote>I have found out a gift for my <b>fair</b>. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Good fortune; good luck.</def>

<blockquote>Now <b>fair</b> befall thee ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The fair</col>, <cd>anything beautiful; women, collectively. "For slander's mark was ever yet <i>the fair<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Fair</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make fair or beautiful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Fairing</b> the foul. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.</def>

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<hw>Fair</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>feire</ets>, OF. <ets>feire</ets>, F. <ets>foire</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fariae</ets>, pl., days of rest, holidays, festivals, akin to <ets>festus</ets> festal. See <er>Feast</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.</def>