FAIRY

fairy. Fairy, n. a very small phantom, elf, enchantress

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Fair″y (?), n.; pl. Fairies (#). [[OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.]] [Written also faëry.] 1. 1. Enchantment; illusion. Chaucer.
The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower. 2. 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions.
He is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate. 3. 3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
The fourth kind of spirit called the Fairy. K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak. 5. 5. An enchantress. Shak.
Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton.