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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. 2Kings 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. Ex. 32.

Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makes thou? Is. 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.]
1913 Definition
Fashion (fashion)
n.(?)
Fash"ion
[OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]

  1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.

    The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke ix. 29.

    I do not like the fashion of your garments. Shak.

  2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

    The innocent diversions in fashion. Locke.

    As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. H. Spencer.

  3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
  4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.
    "After his sour fashion." Shak.

    After a fashion, to a certain extent; in a sort. -- Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. -- Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress.

  5. To form] to give shape or figure to; to mold.

    Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay.

    Ingenious art . . .
    Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.     Cowper.

  6. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

    Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. Spenser.

  7. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

    Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.

  8. To forge or counterfeit.
    [Obs.] Shak.

    Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

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