FABRIC

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

That which is fabricated; as :

3.
n.

Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.

6.
n.

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

7.
v.

To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.


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