From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F.
facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to
make. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Faction}.]
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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.
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The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke
ix. 29.
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I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak.
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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.
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The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke.
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As now existing, fashion is a form of social
regulation analogous to constitutional government as
a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer.
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3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position;
good breeding; as, men of fashion.
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4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort;
way. "After his sour fashion." --Shak.
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{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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
after a fashion
adv 1: to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a
fashion"
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