Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.]

[Cf. F. faconner.]

1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.

Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. --Spenser.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. --Locke.

4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)