fabrica

fabrica ae, f

1 faber, a joiner's shop, smith's shop, workshop : fabricae praeesse.— An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft : aeris et ferri.— Architecture : pictura et fabrica ceteraeque artes.— A skilful production, fabric, structure : admirabilis membrorum. — Fig., a crafty device, wile, trick, stratagem : ad senem aliquam fabricam fingere, T.