Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fashioning"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.

Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and
refine the age. --Cowper.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and
conditions of the people. --Spenser.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
--Locke.

4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.

{Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fashioning
n : the act that results in something coming to be; "the
devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans";
"the making of measurements"; "it was already in the
making" [syn: {devising}, {making}]


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