fadge, fegen

i. [A. S. fégan, gefégan= to fit, to compact; Sw.fog a; Ger. fügen, fugen; Dut. voegen; Ger. & Dan. fuge =a seam or joint.] 1. To suit, to fit; to have the several parts consistent and fitting together. "How will this fadge?" Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , ii. 2. 2. To be suitable, fitting, or agreeable. "If this Scotch garboils do not fadge to our minds, we will run pell-mell among the Cornish choughs presently." -Ford: Perkin Warbeck, iv. 2. 3. To agree; not to quarrel; to be in accord or amity. "Yet they shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together."- Milton : Doctrine of Divorce, bk. i. (Pref.) 4. To succeed, to hit. fădge, s. [FADGE, v.] A'large flat loaf or bannock, made of barley meal and baked among the ashes. ( Scotch.) fad-ing (1), pr. par., a. & 8. [FADE, v.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Withering, decaying; losing color or freshne . 2. Liable or subject to decay; not permanent or durable; transient. "From euerlastyng commodities to fading and transitory."-Udall: Mark x. II. Bot .: Not falling off till the part which bears it is perfect, but withering long before then. The same as WITHERING. Example, the flowers of Orobanche. ( Lindley .) C. As subst.: The act, proce , or state of becoming withered, faded, or decayed; decay; lo of color or freshne . *fad-ing (2), s. [Etym. doubtful.] The name of an Irish dance; also the burden of a song, in which sense Shakespeare uses it. ( Winter's Tale , iv. 3.) †fād-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. fading (1); -ly .] In a fading, decaying, or transient manner. †fād-Ing-ne , s. [Eng. fading (1); -ne .] The quality of being liable to lose color or freshne ; liability to fade or decay. "The fading ne whereof is the greatest detector and impeacher of our frailtie."-Mountagu: Devout E ays, pt. ii., treat. ii., § 8. *fa-doô-dle, s . [FAD, 8. ] A trifle, nonsense. *fad-y, a. [Eng. fad (e) (v.); -y.] Fading or wearing away; losing color, decaying. fae-běr-rỹ, s. [FAYBERRY.]