n.;
In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fancy,
At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.
v. i.
If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [ Frederick the Great's ] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fancy ball,
Fancy fair,
Fancy goods,
Fancy line (Naut.),
Fancy roller (Carding Machine),
Fancy stocks,
Fancy store,
Fancy woods,
a. Free from the power of love. “In maiden meditation, fancy-free.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Love-sick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]