fairy

4 definitions found

fairy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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     2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
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     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.
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  Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl. Fairies. [OE. fairie, faierie,
     enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F.
     f['e]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See
     Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.] [Written also fa["e]ry.]
     1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              The God of her has made an end,
              And fro this worlde's fairy
              Hath taken her into company.          --Gower.
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     2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
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              He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate.
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     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.
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              The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
                                                    --K. James.
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              And now about the caldron sing,
              Like elves and fairies in a ring.     --Shak.
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     5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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.
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              No goblin or swart fairy of the mine
              Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
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fairy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fairy
      n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
           powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
      2: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
         faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer,
         poof, poove, pouf]

fairy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "fairy":
     Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, air,
     auntie, banshee, bi-guy, bisexual, brownie, bubble, bull dyke,
     butch, catamite, chaff, chicken, chip, cluricaune, cobweb, cork,
     down, dust, dwarf, dyke, elf, elfin, elfish, elflike, ether, faery,
     fag, faggot, fairy queen, fairyish, fairylike, fay, feather, femme,
     flit, flue, fluff, foam, fricatrice, froth, fruit, fuzz, gnome,
     gnomelike, gnomish, goblin, gossamer, gremlin, gunsel, hob, homo,
     homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, imp, invert, kobold,
     leprechaun, lesbian, mote, nance, ouphe, pansy, pathic, peri,
     pixie, pixieish, pooka, puca, puck, punk, pwca, queen, queer,
     sapphist, sponge, sprite, spume, straw, sylph, sylphid, sylphidine,
     sylphine, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy, thistledown, tribade