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-- From fair to
middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] --
The fair sex, the female sex.

Syn. -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest;
equitable; impartial; reasonable. See Candid.

Fair, adv. Clearly; openly;
frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously;
agreeably.

Fair and square, justly; honestly;
equitably; impartially. [Colloq.] -- To bid
fair. See under Bid. -- To speak
fair, to address with courtesy and frankness.
[Archaic]

Fair, n. 1.
Fairness, beauty. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A fair woman; a sweetheart.

I have found out a gift for my
fair.

Shenstone.

3. Good fortune; good luck.

Now fair befall thee !

Shak.

The fair, anything beautiful; women,
collectively. "For slander's mark was ever yet the fair.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 49) First and Last Things (page 45) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 42)

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