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The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde s fairy
Hath taken her into company. --Gower.
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2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. Obs. [1913 Webster]

He Arthur is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate. [1913 Webster]

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}.
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The fourth kind of spirit is called the Fairy. --K. James.
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And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak.
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5. An enchantress. Obs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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}.
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No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
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Fairy Fair"y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Fairy bird (Zo"ol.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.

Fairy bluebird. (Zo"ol.) See under Bluebird.

Fairy martin (Zo"ol.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on
overhanging cliffs.

Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}),
formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such
circles may have diameters larger than three meters.

Fairy shrimp (Zo"ol.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from
its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.

Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English