Fash"ion , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.]
[Cf. F. faconner.] 1. 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.
2. To fit;
to adapt; to
accommodate; -- with
to.
Laws ought to be
fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.
Spenser.
3. To make according to the rule
prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its
weight.
Locke.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak.
Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine),
a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus
shaping it.
Fash"ion (?), n. [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.
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