Part 4167

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extravagant; above real value.</def>

<blockquote>This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay <b>fancy</b> prices for giants. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fancy ball</col>, <cd>a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations.</cd> -- <col>Fancy fair</col>, <cd>a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.</cd> -- <col>Fancy goods</col>, <cd>fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make.</cd> -- <col>Fancy line</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.</cd> <col>Fancy roller</col></mcol> <fld>(Carding Machine)</fld>, <cd>a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.</cd> -- <col>Fancy stocks</col>, <cd>a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial.</cd> -- <col>Fancy store</col>, <cd>one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.</cd> -- <col>Fancy woods</col>, <cd>the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fancy-free</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"cy-free`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from the power of love.</def> "In maiden meditation, <i>fancy-free</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fancymonger</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"cy*mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fancy-sick</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"cy-sick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Love-sick.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fancywork</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"cy*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.</def>

<h1>Fand</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fand</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Find</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fandango</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan*dan"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fandangoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fane</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fanum</ets> a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak. See <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <def>A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote>Such to this British Isle, her Christian <b>fanes</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fane</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fane</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Vane</er>.]</ety> <def>A weathercock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fanega</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fa*ne"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1<?/ to 2<?/ bushels; also, a measure of land.</def>

<i>De Colange.</i>