10. Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; so-so; as,
a fair specimen.
The news is very fair and good, my lord.
Shak.
Fair ball. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the
height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while
wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A
batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a fair
hit. -- Fair maid. (Zoˆl.) (a) The European pilchard (Clupea
pilchardus) when dried. (b) The southern scup (Stenotomus Gardeni).
[Virginia] -- Fair one, a handsome woman; a beauty, -- Fair play,
equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. --
From fair to middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] -- The fair sex,
the female sex.
Syn. -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable;
impartial; reasonable. See Candid.
Fair, adv. Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably;
auspiciously; agreeably.
Fair and square, justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. [Colloq.] --
To bid fair. See under Bid. -- To speak fair, to address with courtesy
and frankness. [Archaic]
Fair, n. 1. Fairness, beauty. [Obs.] Shak.