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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

2. That which is fabricated; as :

3. Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.

4. Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

5. The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.

6. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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