There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words.
South.
Fas*cine" (?), n. [F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis.
See Fasces.] (Fort. & Engin.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of
wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches,
strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for
river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
Fas"ci*nous (?), a. [L. fascinum witchcraft, akin to fascinare. See
Fascinate.] Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] "Fascinous
diseases." Harvey.
||Fas*ci"o*la (?), n.;pl. FasciolÊ (#). [See Fasciole.] (Anat.) A band
||of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate
||convolution. Wilder.
Fas"ci*ole (?), n. [L. fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia.] (Zoˆl.)
A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of
spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.
Fash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fashing.]
[OF. faschier, F. f&?;cher, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar,
fr. L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.] To vex; to tease; to trouble.
[Scot.]