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"Section F, G and H"

" Shak.


Vain now the tales which fabling poets
tell.
Prior.


He fables, yet speaks truth.
M.
Arnold.


Fa"ble, v. t. To feign; to invent;
to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of
falsely.


The hell thou fablest.

Milton.


Fa"bler (fā"bl&etilde;r), n.
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or
falsehoods.
Bp. Hall.


||Fa`bli`au" (?), n.; pl.
Fabliaux (-&osl;"). [F., fr. OF. fablel,
dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.) One of the
metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north
of France.


Fab"ric (?), n. [L. fabrica
fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]
1. The structure of anything; the manner in
which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as
cloth of a beautiful fabric.


2. That which is fabricated; as:
(a) Framework; structure; edifice;
building.


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