Fairy /(?)/
Fair·y
Fairy
n.
pl. Fairies
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Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.]
The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company.
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The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy.
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An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring.
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An enchantress. [Obs.]
No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity.
Phrases & Compounds
- Fairy of the mine
- an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold.
Fairy
a.
- Of or pertaining to fairies.
- Given by fairies; as, fairy money.
Phrases & Compounds
- Fairy bird
- the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
- Fairy bluebird
- See under Bluebird.
- Fairy martin
- a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
- Fairy rings
- the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
- Fairy shrimp
- a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
- Fairy stone
- an echinite.