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fmooth when extended, and a little wrinkled when con¬ 
tracted ; lateral pore placed nearly in the middle ; a dou¬ 
ble filiform white veficle running down each fide, and 
connected below with two white, ovate, opakc, bodies; 
eggs numerous, fcattered, yellowifh-green, in a flexuous 
hyaline tube, and each inclofed in a pellucid membrane. 
Eriocis ; found in the intefiines of the fewen ; very mi¬ 
nute : fore-part of the body retraCtile and extenfile, in¬ 
cluding a filiform conglomerate inteftine and two veficles. 
Farionis; found in the inteftinal mucus of the falmon : 
body yellowifh, about a line long, the margin obtufcly 
crenulate, the anterior lobes nearly fquare and membra¬ 
naceous. Truttae ; body oblong, with two white lucid 
orbicular fpots behind the lower aperture : found in the 
reCtum of the trout. Urnblae ; found in confiderable num¬ 
bers in the back of the falmo umbla, beneath'the (kin ; 
one line and a half long: body whitifii, refembling a 
.flafk, broader behind and obtufely truncate, the margin 
acute. Lucii ; lanceolate, with a crenate deprelfed mar¬ 
gin ; neck long and round : found in the ftomach and cefo- 
phagus of the pike ; body red, an inch and a half long. 
Halecis ; found in the ftomach of the herring. Bramas ; 
in the intefiines of breams and fiicklebacks; body white ; 
lateral pore at the bafe of the neck. Jefis; in the intef- 
tines of the cyprinus jefes : body refembling a flafk or 
■long-necked bottle. Loliginis; body oblong, white; 
mouth with tranfverfe papillae : found in the intefiines of 
■the cuttle-fifh. 
FASEAL'DO, a town of Ttaly, in the kingdom of 
Naples, and province of Calabria Citra: fifteen miles 
weft-fouth-wefi of Bafignano. 
FAS'GUNTIDE,/. Faftipg-tidc ; Shrove-Tuefday ; 
the beginning of Lent. 
FASH'ION,y~. [ fafon, Fr. facies, Lat.] Form ; make ; 
fiate of any thing with regard to its outward appearance. 
—The fafiion of his countenance was altered. Luke. 
Stand thefe poor people’s friend : 
Or let me lofe the fajhion of a man. Skakfpcare. 
The make or cut of clothes: 
I’ll be at charges for a looking-glafs, 
And entertain a fcore or two of taylors, 
To ftudy fafiions to adorji my body. Skakfpcare. 
Manner; fort; way.—They pulled down or defaced all 
images in churches ; and that in fuch unfeafonable fajhion , 
as if it had been done in hofiility againft them. Hayward. 
.—Cuftora operating upon drefs, or any domeftic ornaments: 
Here’s the note 
How much your chain weighs to the utmoft carat, 
The finenefs of the gold, the chargeful fajhion. Shakefpeare. 
Cuftom ; general practice.—No wonder that pafiorals are 
fallen into difefieem, together with that fafiion of life 
upon which they were grounded. Waljh .—Manner imi¬ 
tated from another; way efiablifhed by precedent: 
Sorrow fo royally in you appears, 
That I will deeply put the fafiion on, 
And wear it in my heart. Skakfpcare. 
General approbation ; mode.—A young gentleman accom¬ 
modates himfelf to the innocent diverfions in. fafiion. Locke. 
—Rank; condition above the vulgar. It is ufed in a fenfe 
below that of quality.—It is ftrange that men of fafiion, 
and gentlemen, fiiouid fo grofsly belie their own know¬ 
ledge. Raleigh .—Any thing worn : 
Now, by this maiden blofibm in my hand, 
I fcorn thee, and thy fajhion , peevith boy. Shakefpeare. 
The farcy, a difiemper in hor.fes ; a barbarous word .—His 
liorfe is pofleft with the glanders, infected with th t fafiions, 
and full of windgalls." Shakefpeare. 
To F ASH'ION, v. a. [fat;oriner, Fr.] To form ; to mould; 
to figure.—Did not he that made me in the womb, make 
him ? And did not one fafiion us in tire womb ? Job. 
A different toil another forge employs, 
Here the loud hammer fafiions female toys: 
FAS 
Each trinket that adorns the modern dame, 
Firff to thefe little artifts ow’d its frame. Gay. 
To fit; to adapt; to accommodate.—Laws ought to be 
fajhioned unto the manners and conditions of the people to 
whom they are meant; and not to be impofed upon them 
according to the finiple rule of right. Spenfer. 
This cardinal, 
Though from an humble (lock undoubtedly, 
Was fafiion'd to much honour from his cradie. Shakefpeare. 
To counterfeit. Not ufed. —It better fits my blood to be 
difdained of all, than to fafiion a carriage to rob love 
from any. Shakefpeare. —To make according to the rule 
preferibed by cuffom.—The value of the labour em¬ 
ployed about one parcel of lilver more than another, 
makes a difference in their price ; and thus fafhioned plate 
fells for more than its weight. Locke. 
FASH'ION-MONGER, f. A ftudier of fafliions.—- 
That we fliould be thus afflifted with thefe Arrange flies,, 
thefe fa/hion-mongers. Shakefpeare. 
FASH'ION-MONGERING, adj. Behaving like a 
fa fh ion-monger.—Scambling, out-fating, faflion-mongcring, 
boys. Shakefpeare. 
FASH'ION-PIECES, f. The hindmoft timbers which 
terminate the breadth and form the ffern of the fhip. 
FASH'IONABLE, adj. Approved by cuftom ; efta- 
blithed by cuftom ; modith.—The eminence of your con¬ 
dition will invite gentlemen to the ftudy of nature, and 
make philofophy fajhionable. Glanville. —Made according 
to the mode : 
Rich fajhionable robes her perfon deck ; 
Pendents her ears, and pearls adorn her neck. Drydcn. 
Obfervant of the mode : 
Time is like a fafiionable hoft. 
That (lightly fhakes his parting gueft by th’ hand; 
But with his arms outftretch’d, as he would fly, 
Grafps in the comer : welcome ever fmiles, 
And farewell goes out fighing. Shakefpeare. 
Having rank above the vulgar, and below nobility. 
FASH'IONABLENESS, J'. Modiflt elegance; fuch 
appearance as is according to the prefent cuftom.—Why 
fliould they not continue to value themfelves for this out- 
fide fafkionablencfs of the taylor, when their parents have 
fo early inftruCted them to do fo ? Locke. 
FASH'IONABLY, adv. In a manner conformable to 
cuftom; with modifti elegance.—He mud at length die 
dully of old age at home, when here he might fo fajhion- 
ably and genteelly have been duelled or fluxed into ano¬ 
ther world. South. 
FASH'IONIST, f. A follower of the mode ; afop; a 
coxcomb. 
FASI A'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, 
and province of Bari : eight miles Couth of Monopoli. 
To FAST, v.n. \_fafaon, Goth, ptej-can, Sax.] To 
abftain from food : 
Our love is not fo great, Hortenfio, 
But we may blow our nails together, 
And faf it fairly out. Shakefpeare. 
To mortify the body by religious abffinence.—When 
thou fafef, anoint thy head and vvafli thy face, that thou 
appear not unto men to faf. Matt. vi. 
FAST, f. Abffinence fromfood.—Happy and innocent 
were the ages of our forefathers, who broke their fafs 
with herbs and roots; and when they were permitted 
flefli, eat it only drefled with hunger and fire. Taylor. 
She’s gone unkindly, and refus'd to call 
One glance to feed me for fo long afaft. ' Drydcn. 
Religious mortification by abftinence; religious humilia¬ 
tion.—We humble ourfelves before God this day, not 
merely by the outward folenmities of a faf, but by afflict¬ 
ing our fouls as well as bodies for our fins. Atterbury. 
Nor pray’rs nor fafs its ftubborn pulfe reftrain ; 
Nor tears, for ages taught to flow in vain. Pope. 
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