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fabric

fab.ric \'fab-rik\ n [MF fabrique, fr. L fabrica workshop, structure - more 
   at FORG]E 1a: STRUCTURE, BUILDING  1b: underlying structure : FRAMEWORK  2: 
   an act of constructing : ERECTION; specif : the construc tion and 
   maintenance of a church building 3a: structural plan or style of 
   construction  3b: TEXTURE, QUALITY - used chiefly of textiles  4a: CLOTH  
   4b: a material that resembles cloth  5: the appearance or pattern produced 
   by the shapes and arrangement of the  crystal grains in a rock