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Fairing
Definitions
- 1 A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair. archaic
"She told me she was on her way to the fair in Bolzano and assumed I was going there too. Should we meet there, I must buy her a fairing [translating Jahrmarkt]."
- 2 A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag).
"The fairing over the driving motion of this engine, and of the 4-6-2s, was removed subsequently, to give greater accessibility to the working parts."
- 3 A present, especially given by a lover. archaic
- 4 Something that is deserved; one's deserts. Ireland, Scotland, archaic
- 5 A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.
"[…] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians."
- 1 present participle and gerund of fair form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From fair (“community gathering, market”). In the sense of food, because cakes and sweets were sold at fairs.
From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).
From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).
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