n.
A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.
a.
Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
n.
One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
n.
A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.
n.
The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
n.
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
n.
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
v. i.
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
v. t.
To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
n.
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
n.
One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.
n.
The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
n.
That which is fabricated
n.
Framework; structure; edifice; building.