Part 4186

<blockquote>The <b>fashion</b> of his countenance was altered. <i>Luke ix. 29.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I do not like the <b>fashion</b> of your garments. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; <as>as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the <ex>fashion</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The innocent diversions in <b>fashion</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As now existing, <b>fashion</b> is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; <as>as, men of <ex>fashion</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.</def> "After his sour <i>fashion</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>After a fashion</col>, <cd>to a certain extent; in a sort.</cd> -- <col>Fashion piece</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern.</cd> -- <col>Fashion plate</col>, <cd>a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.</cd></cs> <-- #<sic> in a sort? s.b. of a sort? -->

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

<hw>Fash"ion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fashioned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fashioning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faconner</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.</def>

<blockquote>Here the loud hammer <b>fashions</b> female toys. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to <b>fashion</b> and refine the age. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Laws ought to be <b>fashioned</b> to the manners and conditions of the people. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.</def>

<blockquote><b>Fashioned</b> plate sells for more than its weight. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To forge or counterfeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Fashioning needle</col> <fld>(Knitting Machine)</fld>, <cd>a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fashionable</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; <as>as, a <ex>fashionable</ex> dress</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; <as>as, the <ex>fashionable</ex> philosophy; <ex>fashionable</ex> opinions</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; <as>as, a <ex>fashionable</ex> man</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Genteel; well-bred; <as>as, <ex>fashionable</ex> society</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Time is like a <b>fashionable</b> host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fashionable</h1> <Xpage=544>

<hw>Fash"ion*a*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def>