fayre

/ (fɛə) /

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noun

a pseudo-archaic spelling of fair 2, fare

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Words nearby fayre

fay, Fayal, fayalite, Faye correction, Fayetteville, fayre, Fayum, faze, fazed, f.b., F.B.A.

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How to use fayre in a sentence

It seems that the people of the fayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
In manie of our iourneyes we found silke wormes fayre and great; as bigge as our ordinary walnuttes.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot
The long winter was past, and Fayre lay basking in the warmth of May.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart
They call him the floure of eloquence, the fader in science, and the firste fynder of our fayre langage.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.

Item Dellyveryd to hym a dobyll sett with a fayre poyntted Dyamonde and a fayre large tabulle Balles with a fayre large peryll.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Croom Brown