Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fabric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fabric \Fab"ric\, n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F.
fabrique fabric. See {Forge}.]
1. 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. That which is fabricated; as:
(a) Framework; structure; edifice; building.
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an
exhalation. --Milton.
(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers,
either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as,
silks or other fabrics.
3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.]
Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the
fabric of the churches for the poor. --Milman.
4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as,
the fabric of the universe.
The whole vast fabric of society. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fabric \Fab"ric\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fabricking}.]
To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] ``Fabric their
mansions.'' --J. Philips.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fabric
n 1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {cloth}, {material},
{textile}]
2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the
bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
[syn: {framework}]
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