fairing

noun

1. (archaic)A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair.

   “She told me she was on her way to the fair in Bolzano and assumed I was going there too. Should we meet there, I must buy her a fairing [translating Jahrmarkt].”

2. (archaic)A present, especially given by a lover.
3. (Ireland, Scotland, archaic)Something that is deserved; one's deserts.
4. A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.

   “[…] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.”

5. A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag).

   “The fairing over the driving motion of this engine, and of the 4-6-2s, was removed subsequently, to give greater accessibility to the working parts.”

   “To improve the appearance of the stepped roof a glass-fibre fairing, moulded to the corner radius, extends for the full length between the two cabs.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fair