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 fabricof 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.
© Webster 1913.
Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricking.]
To frame; to built; to construct.
[Obs.] "
Fabric their mansions."
J. Philips.
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