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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; <as>as, a Grand Army <ex>fair</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; <as>as, the Mechanics' <ex>fair</ex>; an agricultural <ex>fair</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>After the fair</col>, <cd>Too late.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Fair-haired</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"-haired`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having fair or light-colored hair.</def>

<h1>Fairhood</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fairness; beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Fairily</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a fairy.</def>

<blockquote>Numerous as shadows haunting <b>fairily</b> <b>The brain</b>. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fairing</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<cs><col>Fairing box</col>, <cd>a box receiving savings or small sums of money.</cd></cs>

<i>Hannah More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fairish</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tolerably fair.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>W. D. Howells.</i>

<h1>Fair-leader</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"-lead`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.</def>

<h1>Fairly</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a fairmanner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.</def>

<blockquote>Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never <b>fairly</b> been revealed to him. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; <as>as, a town <ex>fairly</ex> situated for foreign traade</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Honestly; properly.</def>

<blockquote>Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay <b>fairly</b> within their grasp. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Softly; quietly; gently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>