fabric, fabrick

[Fr. fabrique, from Lat. fabric a =(1) a workshop; (2) a fabric, from faber ( gen it.fabri )=a workman, from a root fa =to set, to place (seen in fa - cio =to make); Sp. & Port. fabric a.] I. Literally : 1. That which is fabricated. (1) The frame or structure of a building; a building or structure; an edifice. "Here's a fabric that implies eternity." Middle ton: Mayor of Queen borough, iv. 2. (2) A cloth made by weaving or felting. The various names are derived from material, texture, finene , mode of weaving, color, mode of coloring, surface-finishing, place of manufacture, . 2. The structure, manufacture, workmanship, or texture of anything; the manner in which the sev eral parts of any material or structure are united. *3. The act or purpose of fabricating or constructing; construction. IMG:content-1326.png:[blocks in formation] The cheese-inhabitants observe, and how Fabric their mansions." J. Philips: Cider, i. fab'-ri-cant, s. [Lat. fabric ans , pr. par. of fabrico to fabricate (q. v.).] One who fabricates; a manufacturer or fabricator. fab-ri-cāte, v. t. & i. [Lat. fabric at us, pa. par. of fabrico, from fabric a =a fabric (q. v.).] A. Transitive: I. Literally ( of material things): 1. To build, to construct, to frame; to form by putting together the several parts. 2. To form by art, to manufacture, to weave; as, to fabricate woolens. II. Fig . ( of immaterial things ): To manufacture, to devise, to put together, to forge, to invent, to contrive. (Generally in a bad sense.) "The impostor who fabricated these forgeries." Ma caulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiii. IMG:content-1327.png:[blocks in formation] 1759