n. [ OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke ix. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not like the fashion of your garments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The innocent diversions in fashion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. “After his sour fashion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

After a fashion, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of. --
Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. --
Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fashioned p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning. ] [ Cf. F. faconner. ] 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ingenious art . . .
Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To forge or counterfeit. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being fashionable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fashionable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a certain style or fashion; as, old-fashioned; new-fashioned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]