F. letter.  Has in English an invariable sound, formed by compression of the whole lips, and a forcible breath.
FABACEOUS. a. [fabaceus, Latin.] Having the nature of a bean.
FABLE.  n. [fable, French.]
1. A feigned story intended to enforce some moral precept.                    Addison.
2. A fiction in general.  Dryden.
3. The series or contexture of events which constitute a poem.                                Dryden.
4. A lie; a vicious falsehood. Addison.

to FABLE. v. n. [from the noun.]
1. To feign; to write not truth but fiction.                              Prior.
2. To tell falsehoods; to lie.  Shakespeare.
to FABLE. v. a. To feign; to tell falsely.                          Milton.
FABLED. a. [from fable.]  Celebrated in fables.    Tickel.
FABLER. n. [from fable.] A dealer in fiction; a writer of feigned stories.