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"Section F, G and H"


Anon out of the earth a fabric huge

Rose like an exhalation.
Milton.


(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit
from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as,
silks or other fabrics.


3. The act of constructing;
construction.
[R.]


Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the
fabric of the churches for the poor.

Milman.


4. Any system or structure consisting of
connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.


The whole vast fabric of society.

Macaulay.


Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fabricking.] To frame; to build; to construct.
[Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.


Fab"ri*cant (?), n. [F.] One who
fabricates; a manufacturer.
Simmonds.


Fab"ri*cate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p.
Fabricated (?); p.


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