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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The young of an animal; a whelp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her <i>fawns</i>. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fawn color.</def>

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<hw>Fawn</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.</def>

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<hw>Fawn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>faonner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bring forth a fawn.</def>

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<hw>Fawn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fawned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fawning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fawnen</ets>, <ets>fainen</ets>, <ets>fagnien</ets>, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. <ets>f\'91gnian</ets> to rejoice; akin to Icel. <ets>fagna</ets> to rejoice, welcome. See <er>Fain</er>.]</ety> <def>To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>You showed your teeth like apes, and <b>fawned</b> like hounds. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou with trembling fear, Or like a <b>fawning</b> parasite, obeyest. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Courtiers who <b>fawn</b> on a master while they betray him. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fawn</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Fawn"-col`ored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.</def>

<h1>Fawner</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fawn"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fawns; a sycophant.</def>

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<hw>Fawn"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fawning manner.</def>

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<hw>Faxed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>feaxede</ets> haired, fr. <ets>feax</ets> hair. Cf. <er>Paxwax</er>.]</ety> <def>Hairy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>amden.</i>

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<hw>Fay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>f\'82e</ets>. See <er>Fate</er>, and cf. <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <def>A fairy; an elf.</def> "Yellow-skirted <i>fays</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

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