fady

/ˈfeɪdi/

adj 2noun 1

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faded

A straight-lined avenue, that is widened in front, and planted there with yew trees, then firs, then with trees more and more fady, till they end in the almond-willow, or silver osier, will produce a very remarkable deception of the former kind […]

noun

A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.

adj

Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.

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A straight-lined avenue, that is widened in front, and planted there with yew trees, then firs, then with trees more and more fady, till they end in the almond-willow, or silver osier, will produce a

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