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Faery  n., adj.  Fairy. (Archaic)



Fairy  n.  (pl. fairies)  (Written also faery)  
1.
Enchantment; illusion. (Obs.) "The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company."
2.
The country of the fays; land of illusions. (Obs.) "He (Arthur) is a king y-crowned in Fairy."
3.
An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon. "The fourth kind of spirit (is) called the Fairy." "And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring."
4.
An enchantress. (Obs.)
Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. "No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity."






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"Faery" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Faery Queene," if I must confess it, I can never read far without a sense of suffocation from the affluence of its beauties. It is a marvellously fair sea and broad,—with tender winds blowing over it, and all the ripples are iris-hued; but you long for some brave ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, August, 1863, No. 70 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics • Various

... up, on the grass I proceeded to lead Jane into the most cherished realms of my fancy. Together we sailed those "perilous seas in faery lands forlorn," dabbling our hands in the fountain, while the golden August sunshine ...
— Explorers of the Dawn • Mazo de la Roche

... for ever, eagles, crying flames, And set them as a banner, that men may know, To dare the generations, burn, and blow Out on; the wind of Time, shining and streaming.... These I have loved: White plates and cups, clean-gleaming, Ringed with blue lines; and feathery, faery dust; Wet roofs, beneath the lamp-light; the strong crust Of friendly bread; and many-tasting food; Rainbows; and the blue bitter smoke of wood; And radiant raindrops couching in cool flowers; And flowers themselves, that sway through sunny hours, ...
— Modern British Poetry • Various

... storm, and had it there from King John, and then to Palos which, so to speak, went mad! Then through Spain to Barcelona, where was the court, and all the bells in every town ringing and every door and window crowded, and here is the Faery Prince on a white charger, his Indians behind him and gold and parrots and his sailors! Processions and processions—alcalde and alcayde and don and friar and priest, and let us stop at the church ...
— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... seemed that we had, ages gone, In some far summer weather, When this same faery moonlight shone, Sung these ...
— Songs, Merry and Sad • John Charles McNeill


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