Fashion - FASH'ION, n. fash'on. [L. facio, facies.]
1. The make or form of any thing; the state of any thing with regard to its external appearance; shape; as the fashion of the ark, or of the tabernacle.
Or let me lose the fashion of a man.
The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke 9.
2. Form; model to be imitated; pattern.
King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar. 2 Ki 16.
3. The form of a garment; the cut or shape of clothes; as the fashion of a coat or of a bonnet. Hence,
4. The prevailing mode of dress or ornament. We import fashions from England, as the English often import them from France. What so changeable as fashion!
5. Manner; sort; way; mode; applied to actions or behavior.
Pluck Casca by the sleeve,
And he will, after his sour fashion, tell you
What hath proceeded.
6. Custom; prevailing mode or practice. fashion is an inexorable tyrant, and most of the world its willing slaves.
It was the fashion of the age to call every thing in question.
Few enterprises are so hopeless as a contest with fashion.
7. Genteel life or good breeding; as men of fashion.
8. Any thing worn. [Not used.]
9. Genteel company.
10. Workmanship.
FASH'ION, v.t. fash'on.
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.
Aaron fashioned the calf with a graving tool. Exo 32.
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makes thou? Isa 14.
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to.
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Not used.]
Fast - F'AST, a.
1. Literally, set, stopped, fixed, or pressed close. Hence, close; tight; as, make fast the door; take fast hold.
2. Firm; immovable.
Who by his strength, setteth fast the mountains. Psa 115.
3. Close; strong.
Robbers and outlaws - lurking in woods and fast places.
4. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; as, to stick fast in more; to make fast a rope.
5. Close, as sleep; deep; sound; as a fast sleep.
6. Firm in adherence; as a fast friend.
Fast and loose, variable; inconstant; as, to play fast and loose.
F'AST, adv. Firmly; immovably.
We will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand. Judg 15.
F'AST, a. [L. festino. The sense is to press, drive, urge, and it may be from the same root as the preceding word, with a different application.]
Swift; moving rapidly; quick in motion; as a fast horse.
F'AST, adv. Swiftly; rapidly; with quick steps or progression; as, to run fast; to move fast through the water, as a ship; the work goes on fast.
F'AST, v.i.
1. To abstain from food, beyond the usual time; to omit to take the usual meals, for a time; as, to fast a day or a week.
2. To abstain from food voluntarily, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, sorrow and affliction.
Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam 12.
When ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. Mat 6.
3. To abstain from food partially, or from particular kinds of food; as, the Catholics fast in Lent.
F'AST, n.
1. Abstinence from food; properly a total abstinence, but it is used also for an abstinence from particular kinds of food, for a certain time.
Happy were our forefathers, who broke their fasts with herbs.
2. Voluntary abstinence from food, as a religious mortification or humiliation; either total or partial abstinence from customary food, with a view to mortify the appetites, or to express grief and affliction on account of some calamity, or to deprecate an expected evil.
3. The time of fasting, whether a day, week or longer time. An annual fast is kept in New England, usually one day in the spring.
The fast was now already past. Acts 27.
F'AST, n. That which fastens or holds.
Fat - FAT, a.
1. Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
2. Coarse; gross.
Nay, added fat pollutions of our own.
3. Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.
Make the heart of this people fat. Isa 6.
4. Rich; wealthy; affluent.
These are terrible alarms to persons grown fat and wealthy.
5. Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
6. Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
7. Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.
They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing. Psa 42.
FAT, n.
1. An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies. In most parts of the body, the fat lies immediately under the skin. Fat is of various degrees of consistence, as in tallow, lard and oil. It has been recently ascertained to consist of two substances, stearine and elaine, the former of which is solid, the latter liquid, at common temperatures, and on the different proportions of which its degree of consistence depends.
2. The best or richest part of a thing.
Abel brought of the fat of his flock. Gen 4.
FAT, v.t. To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
FAT, v.i. To grow fat, plump and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.
FAT,
VAT, n.
A large tub, cistern or vessel used for various purposes, as by brewers to run their wort in, by tanners for holding their bark and hides, &c. It is also a wooden vessel containing a quarter or eight bushels of grain, and a pan for containing water in salt-works, a vessel for wine, &c.
The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel 2.
FAT, n. A measure of capacity, but indefinite.
Father - F'ATHER, n. [L. pater. The primary sense is obvious.]
1. He who begets a child; in L. genitor or generator.
The father of a fool hath no joy. Prov 17.
2. The first ancestor; the progenitor of a race or family. Adam was the father of the human race. Abraham was the father of the Israelites.
3. The appellation of an old man, and a term of respect.
The king of Israel said to Elisha, my father shall I smite them? 2 Ki 6.
The servants of Naaman call him father. Elderly men are called fathers; as the fathers of a town or city. In the church, men venerable for age, learning and piety are called fathers, or reverend fathers.
4. The grandfather or more remote ancestor. Nebuchadnezzar is called the father of Belshazzar, though he was his grandfather. Dan 5.
5. One who feeds and supports or exercises paternal care over another. God is called the father of the fatherless.
Psa 118.
6. He who creates, invents, makes or composes any thing; the author, former or contriver; a founder, director or instructor. God as creator is the father of all men. John 8. Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents; and Jubal of musicians. Gen 4. God is the father of spirits and of lights. Homer is considered as the father of epic poetry. Washington, as a defender and an affectionate and wise counselor, is called the father of his country. And see 1 Chr 2:51. 1 Chr 4:14. 1 Chr 9:35.
Satan is called the father of lies; he introduced sin, and instigates men to sin. John 8. Abraham is called the father of believers. He was an early believer, and a pattern of faith and obedience. Rom 4.
7. Fathers, in the plural, ancestors.
David slept with his fathers. 1 Ki 2.
8. A father in law. So Heli is called the father of Joseph. Luke 3.
9. The appellation of the first person in the adorable Trinity.
Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Mat 28.
10. The title given to dignitaries of the church, superiors of convents, and to popish confessors.
11. The appellation of the ecclesiastical writers of the first centuries, as Polycarp, Jerome, &c.
12. The title of a senator in ancient Rome; as conscript fathers.
Adoptive father, he who adopts the children of another, and acknowledges them as his own.
Natural father, the father of illegitimate children.
Putative father, one who is only reputed to be the father; the supposed father.
Fatness - FAT'NESS, n. [from fat.]
1. The quality of being fat, plump, or full fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.
Their eyes stand out with fatness. Psa 73.
2. Unctuous or greasy matter.
3. Unctuousness; sliminess; applied to earth: hence richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Gen 27.
4. That which gives fertility.
Thy paths drop fatness. Psa 65.
The clouds drop fatness.
5. The privileges and pleasures of religion; abundant blessings.
Let your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa 55.