Fairing

//ˈfɛɹɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A present, especially given by a lover. archaic
  4. 4
    Something that is deserved; one's deserts. Ireland, Scotland, archaic
  5. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fair form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fair (“community gathering, market”). In the sense of food, because cakes and sweets were sold at fairs.

Etymology 2

From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).

Etymology 3

From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).

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