[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

favas \fa"vas\, n.
   see favus, n., 2. --fairholt.
   1913 webster
see also:
favus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

favus \fa"vus\, n. l., honeycomb.
   1. med. a disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable
      parasite.
      1913 webster

   2. a tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce
      a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also
      favas and sectila. --mollett.
      1913 webster
see also:
favas sectila 

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