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agination. In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.

Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy- free." Shak.

Love-sick. Shak.

A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

To dislike. [Obs.]

being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their love in early infancy began. Dryden.

One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. Shak.

plied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

ressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.

ascend; to tower; to soar. My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. Waller.

essor of his throne, he thus began. Milton. With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment. I. Taylor.

The state or period of infancy.

A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. Mrs. Alexander. A husband somewhere in the background. Thackeray.

ect of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects. Macaulay.

To produce as an effect; to cause to exist. Love is begot by fancy. Granville.

Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool. Berlin black, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware. Ure. -- Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Ure. -- Berlin green, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian…

A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven. Gibbon.

A small fancy box or dish for bonbons.