n.; pl. Fairies [ OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy. ] [ Written also faëry. ] 1. Enchantment; illusion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The God of her has made an end,
And fro this worlde's fairy
Hath taken her into company. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Arthur ] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fourth kind of spirit [ is ] called the Fairy. K. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An enchantress. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

No goblin or swart fairy of the mine
Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. --
Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird. --
Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. --
Fairy rings or
Fairy circles, 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 (Zool.), 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 (Paleon.), an echinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The imaginary land or abode of fairies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rare north temperate bog orchid (Calypso bulbosa) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
Syn. -- calypso, Calypso bulbosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a story about magical or mythological creatures, such as fairies, elves, goblins, trolls, orcs, unicorns, wizards, dragons, etc., usually composed for the amusement of children; called also a fairy story. [ PJC ]

2. a false story intended to deceive or mislead, especially one involving unlikely events or situations; called also a fairy story. [ PJC ]