Fab"ric (?), n. [L. fabrica
fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]
1. The structure of anything; the manner in
which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as
cloth of a beautiful fabric.
2. That which is fabricated; as:
(a) Framework; structure; edifice;
building.
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge
Rose like an exhalation.
Milton.
(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit
from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as,
silks or other fabrics.
3. The act of constructing;
construction. [R.]
Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the
fabric of the churches for the poor.
Milman.
4. Any system or structure consisting of
connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.
The whole vast fabric of society.
Macaulay.
Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fabricking.] To frame; to build; to construct.
[Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.
