Obs. [f. prec. vb.] The action of coaxing or deceiving; a deceit, fiction.

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1420.  J. Page, Siege Rouen, in Archæol., XXII. 370. I wille haue it withoute fage.

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c. 1450.  Lydg, Hist. Thebes, Hold it for no fage.

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1692–1732.  in Coles.

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1721.  in Bailey.

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