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F A L

f AIN1iNG. See LIPOTHVMIA.

r illR,

a grcmr kind ot market, granted to a

iov.on,

privilege,

fo~

the more fpeedy and commodioul pro–

vlding of fuch thiogs a5 ;he place fiands in need of.

See MARKET.

is iocideot to a fair, that perfons Ihall be free

Irom

being arrefied in il for any other debt cootraéled

Ihall .,hat was cóotraéled io the fame; or, at I,afi,

promiled to be paid thm. Thefe fairs are generally

kept ooce or l\Vice ayear, and, by n.IUle, Ihey Ihall

nOI be held longer Ihan they ought, by th, lords there–

of, 00 paio of Iheir being feized into the king's hands,

&c.

Alfo proclam' lioDis to be

m.de

how long Ihey

are

10 continue; and no perfon Ihall fell any goods af–

ter Ihe time of Ihe rair is ended, on forfeilure of double

the value, ooe fourth to Ihe profecutor, and the relt

10 the kiog. There is a toll ufually paid in fairs, on

Ihe fale of things, and for {\allage, picage,

&c.

See

TOLL.

FAIRFlELD a town of Ne\V England, in Ihe provioee

of Conoeélicut, aboul ao hundred miles fouth·well of

Bollan: W. loog.

72°,

and N. lat.

41°.

FAIRFORD. a mHket·town aboutnineteen miles Iou!h–

cafl

of Glocef!er.

FAIRY, in ancient traditions and romanm, figoifies

fort of deity, or imaginary genius, cooverfant on earth,

and difiinguilhed by a variely of fanlallieal aélions.

eilher good 01 bad.

The fairies are a peculiar fpecies of divinides, that

have but liule relation 10 any of thofe of Ihe ancieot

Greeks or Romans, IInlefs perhapI 10 Ihe larvre ; Iho'

others, with great reafon, will not have them ranked a–

mong gods, but fuppofe Iheman inlermediale kind of

beiogs, neilher gods, .aogcls, men, or devils. They

are of oriental extraéllQn, . nd feem to have beeo

invented by the Perfians and Arabs, whofe religion

and hifiory abound with relalions coocerniog Ihem:

thefe have a particular country \Vhieh Ihey fuppofe !he

fairies to inhabit, called FJiry- Iand.

Spencer's Fairy

~een

is an epic poem, under the

perfons aod chanélm of rairies. In Ihis fort of wri–

ting the poet lofes fight of nalure, and ,ntertains the

reader's imagination with thecharaélm of fairies, wit–

ches, magicians, da:mons, aod depaned rpirits.

re–

quires an odd IUro of Ihoughl, and a peculiar eafl of

faney, \Virh an imagination

D~rural!y

fruitful aDd fuper–

Hitious.

This fort of poetry rai fes a pleafing kind of horror

in Ihe mind of the

re~der.

and amufes his imagination

witb Ihe Ilrangenefs and nove!ty of the perfons \Vbo

are reprefenled in it ; but thejudicious objeél tOit, as

n.or

baving probability enough to a!Feél Ihe imagina–

Iton.

FAln CIRCLE or RIN C, a pha:nomenon prelty fre–

qucm in Ihe fields.

ec.

fuppofed by the vulgar to be

rraeed by Ihe fainéS in thei r dances: Ihere are t\Vo

kiod! ofil, oneof abOUl feven yards in diameter, con–

!ainingaround bare path, a foot broad, wilhgreen

gr~ls

In Ibe middle of it. The other is of

di!F~renl

bign&,

eneomparrcd with a eircumfercnee of grafs. l\len·.

JerroPand Walker, in Ihe l'hilofophical Tranfa,q.

fcrihe Ihenl to lighlniDg, \Vhieh is eonfirmecl by tlleíl'"

beiog mol! frequeotly produced afler Ilorm¡ of Ihat

kind, as well as by the colour and brittlmef¡ of tbe

grafs :oots, when lirll obfefI'Cd.

Liglnning, like al! olher fires, 1D0ves ropnd, aDd

burns mOre in

Ih~

eXlremlty than in Ihe midclle: the

fecon? cirele arifes from the fir{\, the grafs burot up

growtng "ery plentifully aflerwards Others mainraio

Ihat Ih& eircles are made by anl!, whieh are fre–

quently found in grear numbers therein.

FAl

fH,

in divinity and philofophy, the firm belief

certain truths upoa the lellimony of the perfoa wha

reveall tbem.

The grounds of a rational faith are.

That tbe

things revealed be not eontrary too thQugh they may

be above nalural reafon.

That the revealer be weU

aequainted with Ihe Ibings he reveal!.

That he

above all fufpieion of deceivtng us.

Where thefe criterions are found, DO reafooable

perfon \ViII deny his arrenr: thus, we mayas weU

doubt of our owo exillence, as of the truth of a reve–

lation euming from God, who can neither be deceifed

himfelf, nor deceive othm by propofiog things tO be

believed thar are contradiélolY to the faeu lties he bas

given us. Whatever propofilion., Iherefore, are be–

yond reafoo, but not contrary to it, are, when reveaL–

ed, Ihe proper matrel of f.ilh.

COl/j'JJion o(

FAITH. See CONFUSION.

FAITHFUL, an appellauon an'umed by the Mahome.

tans. See MAHoMETANI.

F.-\KENHAM, a markel 'lOwn of Norfolk. ahoul (ix.

teen miles Dorth·wd! of Nor\Vich.

FAKIR, in Pagan theology, a kind of Indian mooh.

who even

~utdo

the mortlfications and feventie! of the

ancient Chrifiian anachorels. See ANACHOR!T.

Some of themmaogle Iheir bodies with feourges and

koives; othm never lie down

and otbers rcmain

aII

Iheir lives in one pollure.

There are alfo aoother kind of fakirs, who do not

praélice fueh feverities : tbefe Boek together in eompa –

nies, and go f",mvillage 10 village, prophefying and

lelling fortunes.

is raId thal even perfons of for–

tune, in India, become fakirs, and that there are

more Ihan IWODlillions of Ihem.

FALCA

DE,

in the menage, the mOlion of a horre u'heo

he throws himreJf uponhis haunch,s IWO or threé limes,

as in very qUlck corvets ; \Vhich il done in forming

nopand half flop. See STOP.

Fl\LCATED, fomelhing in the forOl ofa fickle : thus,

the moon is faid tObe fakated wheo fi,e appem horn–

ed. See Moo Nand PHAS Es.

FALCO, in ornithology, a genus belonging 10 the or–

der of accipitres, the

ch~rlélm

of whieh are thefe:

the beak is crooked, and furnilhed witll wax 3r Ihe

bale; the hedd isIhick·fet \Vithfea thers, andIhe tongue

is clol'cn, There are thirty-IIVo fpeeies,

vi:.

The coronanlS, or crowned cacle of Edwards, with

alh ·coloured IVax; Ihe legs are cOYe"d IVith white

dUlVlly f«thers, i\lterfpcrf,,1 uoith bl.lck

f~ots;

Ihe

brean is rc.tdlfil; :ínJ Ihe re are bl.lck bclts on the

r~l,s.

iJ a o.live of Guioea.

The md oxelUs, or

blJek