Word Meanings - FAIRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one 1. Enchantment; illusion. Chaucer. The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower. 2. The country of the fays; land

Additional info about word: FAIRY

fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one 1. Enchantment; illusion. Chaucer. The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower. 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. He is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate. 3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form , either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon. The fourth kind of spirit called the Fairy. K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak. 5. An enchantress. Shak. 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. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton.

Related words: (words related to FAIRY)

• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• ILLUSIONABLE
  Liable to illusion.
• FAIRY
  fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one 1. Enchantment; illusion. Chaucer. The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower. 2. The country of the fays; land
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• ILLUSIONIST
  One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
• ILLUSION
  A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder. Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination,
• FAIRYLAND
  The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• COUNTRYSIDE
  A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
• FAIRYLIKE
  Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.
• COUNTRY BANK
  A national bank not in a reserve city.
• ENCHANTMENT
  1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. 2. The
• COUNTRYMAN
  1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26. 3. One who
• COUNTRYWOMAN
  A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.
• COUNTRY-BASE
  See BASE
• COUNTRY COUSIN
  A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.
• TAKEN
  p. p. of Take.
• COUNTRY
  The rock through which a vein runs. Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion. -- To put, or throw, one's self upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury. (more info) contrata, fr. L. contra over against,
• COMPANY
  A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States 100 men. (more info) 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• DISILLUSION
  The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. Lowell.
• DISCOMPANY
  To free from company; to dissociate. It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• DISILLUSIONIZE
  To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life." W. Black.
• OUTTAKEN
  or prep. Excepted; save. Wyclif. Chaucer.
• UPCOUNTRY
  In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry.
• DISENCHANTMENT
  The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.