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"Section F, G and H"

Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L.
fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.] To vex; to
tease; to trouble.
[Scot.]


Fash, n. Vexation; anxiety;
care.
[Scot.]


Without further fash on my part.

De Quincey.


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.


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