He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music.
Shak.
Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to
wear away.
No winter could his laurels fade.
Dryden.
Fad"ed (?), a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown
dim. "His faded cheek." Milton.
Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight.
Keats.
Fad"ed*ly, adv. In a faded manner.
A dull room fadedly furnished.
Dickens.
Fade"less, a. Not liable to fade; unfading.
Fa"der (?), n. Father. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fadge (?), v. i. [Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. f&?;gan to join,
unit, G. f¸gen, or AS. fÊgian to depict; all perh. form the same root
as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit.] To fit; to suit; to agree.
They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together.
Milton.
Well, Sir, how fadges the new design ?
Wycherley.
Fadge (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small flat loaf or thick cake;
also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Fad"ing (?), a. Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n.
Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fad"ing*ly, adv. --
Fad"ing*ness, n.
Fad"ing, n. An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a
fine jig." [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Fad"me (?), n. A fathom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fad"y (?), a. Faded. [R.] Shenstone.
FÊ"cal (?), a. See Fecal.
||FÊ"ces (?), n. pl. [L. faex, pl. faeces, dregs.] Excrement; ordure;
||also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. [Written
||also feces.]
||FÊc"u*la (?), n. [L.] See Fecula.
Fa"Îr*y (?), n. & a. Fairy. [Archaic] Spenser.
Faf"fle (?), v. i. [Cf. Famble, Maffle.] To stammer. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.