faery
- n a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- n the enchanted realm of fairies
- She is born on Midsummer's Day, when legend held that Lordly Ones walked the earth to steal earth-children, leave faery changelings in their stead.
- Lord Dunsany takes childish pride in the sag of his coat and the splay of his collar, what time he gets lost on a golden road to nowhere, beholding faery sights.
- From three on, he grew up on the family estate in Ireland, where he heard Gaelic and faery lore.