The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke ix. 29. [1913 Webster]
I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. [1913 Webster]
The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion. [1913 Webster]
4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. ``After his sour fashion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{After a fashion}, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of.
{Fashion piece} (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern.
{Fashion plate}, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to. [1913 Webster]
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. [1913 Webster]
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{Fashioning needle} (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it. [1913 Webster]
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