fasciola

[Lat.,=a small bandage; dim in. of fascia =a bandage.] Zool.: The Fluke-worm, a genus of internal worms, belonging to the order Parenchymata, family Trema do tea. fasciola cinerea, s. Anat.: A name some have given to the undenbrum. ( Quain. ) "It has been almost universally believed that serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they tated upper part of the fascia dentata in the cere- are desirous to obtain."- Griffith : Cuvier. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1449.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To take trouble, to be annoyed or vexed. "The dinner was a little longer of being on the table than usual, at which he began to fash ."- Galt : Annals of the Parish, p. 229. 2. To grow weary, to tire; as, to fash of work. 1786 In a fashion, after a fashion : To a certain extent; in a sort. (1) Crabb thus discriminates between the phrases of fashion , of quality , and of distinction : "These epithets are employed promiscuously in colloquial discourse; but not with strict propriety: by men of fashion are understood such men as live in the fashionable world, and keep the best company; by men of quality are understood men of rank or title; by men of distinction are understood men of honorable superiority, whether by wealth, office, or preeminence in society. Gentry and merchants, though not men of quality , may, by their mode of living, be men of fashion ; and by the office they hold in the state, they may likewise be men of distinction." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) (2) For the difference between fashion and cus tom , see CUSTOM. IMG:content-1450.png:[blocks in formation] on one's self. To fash one's thumb : To take trouble; to be troubled or anxious. fash, *fasch, s. [FASH, v.] 1. Trouble, vexation. 2. Pain taken about anything. 3. A troublesome person. To take the fash : To take the trouble or pains to do anything. IMG:content-1451.png:[blocks in formation] 1. An irregular seam. 2. The mark left by the mold upon cast bullets. fash'-eous, fash-ious, adj . [Fr. facheux (m.), facheuse (f.).) Troublesome. făsh'-eous-ne , fash-ious-ne , s. [English fasheous -ne .] Troublesomene , trouble. ( Scotch.) *fash'-er-, *fasch-er-ie, s. [Fr. facherie .] Trouble, worry, vexation.