Antonyms for fairing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fair-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛər ɪŋ

Definition of fairing

Origin : "piece added for streamlining purposes," 1865, from fair (v.) a ship-building word meaning "to make fair or level, to correct curvatures," from fair (adj.).

As in handsel : noun gift
As in gift : noun something given freely, for no recompense

Example sentences :

This so well pleased the knight, that he promised to give him any fairing he might ask for.
Extract from : « John Deane of Nottingham » by W.H.G. Kingston

It was Fairing himself who saw this deed which saved Kathleen's life.
Extract from : « The Right of Way, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

But you must promise me, on your life, on your soul, to keep my fairing a close secret.
Extract from : « Norston's Rest » by Ann S. Stephens

Ross skirted the clamoring barrier of salkars and headed for the fairing.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

This had to be part of the ridge wall of the valley in which lay the buildings of the fairing.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

Approaching from this angle, the structures of the fairing were between him and the fire.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

Yet, no matter how you may be fairing, you must not look for help from me, for only today I burned my left hand with the iron!
Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Why, you know it is fair day, and you promised Bessie that you would buy her a fairing,—to say nothing of me.
Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

When they parted, Burns paid Clark his wages in full, gave him a written character, and a shilling for a fairing.
Extract from : « Robert Burns » by Principal Shairp.

I found that the last dive I had done the day before had flattened out the fairing on the belly of the ship.
Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

Synonyms for fairing

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