资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl. {Fairies}. [OE. fairie, faierie,
   enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F.
   f['e]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See
   {Fate}, and cf. {Fay} a fairy.] [Written also {fa["e]ry}.]
   1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            The God of her has made an end, And fro this
            worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower.

   2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]

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

   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}.

            The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
                                                  --K. James.

            And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
            fairies in a ring.                    --Shak.

   5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {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}.

            No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful
            power over true virginity.            --Milton.