FABLE
Fa"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling.]
Defn: To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write
or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." Shak.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior.
He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold.
FABLE
Fa"ble, v. t.
Defn: To fiegn; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real;
to tell of falsely.
The hell thou fablest. Milton.
FABLER
Fa"bler, n.
Defn: A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.
FABLIAU Fa`bli`au", n.; pl. Fabliaux . Etym: [F., fr. OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)
Defn: One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.
FABRIC Fab"ric, n. Etym: [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.