Part 4185

<blockquote>It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and <b>fascinate</b> the prey which they are desirous to obtain. <i>Griffith (Cuvier).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.</def>

<blockquote> there be none of the passions that have been noted to <b>fascinate</b> or bewhich but love and envy. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.</syn>

<h1>Fascination</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fas`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fascination</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.</def>

<blockquote>The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against <b>fascination</b>. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state or condition of being fascinated.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.</def>

<blockquote>There is a certain bewitchery or <b>fascination</b> in words. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fascine</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fas*cine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>fascina</ets> a bundle of sticks, fr. <ets>fascis</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort. & Engin.)</fld> <def>A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.</def>

<h1>Fascinous</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fas"ci*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinum</ets> witchcraft, akin to <ets>fascinare</ets>. See <er>Fascinate</er>.]</ety> <def>Caused or acting by witchcraft.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Fascinous</i> diseases."

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Fasciola</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fas*ci"o*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>;<plu>pl. <plw>Fasciol\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Fasciole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.</def>

<i>Wilder.</i>

<h1>Fasciole</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fas"ci*ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fasciola</ets> a little bandage. See <er>Fascia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See <er>Spatangoidea</er>.</def>

<h1>Fash</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fashed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fashing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>faschier</ets>, F. <ets>f<?/cher</ets>, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. <ets>fasticar</ets>, <ets>fastigar</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fastidium</ets> dilike. See <er>Fastidious</er>.]</ety> <def>To vex; to tease; to trouble.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Fash</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Vexation; anxiety; care.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Without further <b>fash</b> on my part. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fashion</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fash"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fasoun</ets>, <ets>facioun</ets>, shape, manner, F. <ets>facon</ets>, orig., a making, fr. L. <ets>factio</ets> a making, fr. <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>, and cf. <er>Faction</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; <as>as, the <ex>fashion</ex> of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.</as> ; workmanship; execution.</def>