A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A broad well-defined band of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Relating to a fascia.

2. (Bot.) (a) Banded or compacted together. (b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Broadly banded with color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A division of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. [ 1913 Webster ]

There be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy. Bacon.

Syn. -- To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. intensely interested in or attracted by; as, I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, a fascinating woman.
Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or condition of being fascinated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an authoritarian system of government under absolute control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism. [ PJC ]

3. Specifically, the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943. [ PJC ]

4. broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this sense. [ PJC ]

Without further fash on my part. De Quincey. [ 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 ]

1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]