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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fär'çin or Fär'çy, n. p. 496(Far.) A disease of the absorbents, affecting the skin and its blood-vessels. It is of the nature of mange, and is allied to glanders.Färe'tate, a. p. 496(Bot.) Stuffed; crammed or full; without vacuities;—opposed to tubular or hollow; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp. [Obs.] Martyn.Fārd, n. p. 496Paint used on the face. [Obs.] “Painted with French fard.” Whitaker.Färd, v. t. p. 496To paint. [Obs.] Shenstone.Fär'-dāy, n. p. 496The advanced part of the day. [Obs.] The manna was not good After sun-rising; far-day sullies flowers. H. Vaughan.Fär'del, n. p. 496A bundle or little pack. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Margatt.Fär'del, v. t. p. 496To make up in fardels or bundles. [Obs.] Fuller.Fär'ding-bäg, n. p. 496The first stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal, where green food lies until it is chewed over again. Gardiner.Fär'ding-dāle or Fär'ding-dēal or Fär'ding-gāle, n. p. 496The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] Halliwell.Fāre, v. i. p. 496To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton. 2. To be in any state, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events, fortunate…Fâre, n. p. 497The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare for conveyance in a coach or by railway. 2. Condition or state…Fâre-wĕll', interj. p. 497Go well; good-by; adieu; — originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well…Fâre'well or Fâre-wĕll', n. p. 497A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; adieu. 2. Act of departure; leave. And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. Before I take my farewell of the subject.…Fâre'well, a. p. 497Parting; valedictory; as, a farewell discourse.Fâr'-fêt, a. p. 497The same as FAR-FETCHED. [Obs.] “York with his far-fet policy.” Shak.Fär'-fĕtch, v. t. p. 497To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To far-fetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.Făr'-fĕtch, n. p. 497Any thing brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem. [Obs.] Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far-fetches. Hudibras.Fär'-fetched, a. p. 497Brought from far, or from a remote place. Whose pains have earned the far-fetched spoil. Milton. 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.Fa-rĭ'na or Fa-rĭ'nā, n. p. 497The flour of any species of corn, or starchy root, such as the potato, &c. Ure. 2. (Chem.) Starch or fecula, one of the proximate principles of vegetables, extracted by a process of washing the…Făr'i-nā'ceōŭs, a. p. 497Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet. 2. Yielding farina or flour; as, farinaceous seeds. 3. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as, a farinaceous taste or smell.Fār'i-nōse', a. p. 497Yielding farina; as, farinose substances. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars; mealy. Lindley. Humble.Fârl, v. t. p. 497The same as FURL. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Fâr'lies, n. pl. p. 497Unusual, unexpected things. [Obs.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Fārm, n. p. 497A tract of land inclosed or set apart for cultivation by a tenant; a piece of ground farmed out or rented for agriculture. 2. An extended piece of ground, devoted by its owner to agriculture; a…Fârm, v. t. p. 497To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to a tenant, on condition of his returning a portion of the proceeds. We are enforced to farm our royal realm. Shak. 2. To…Färm, v. i. p. 497To till the soil; to labor as an agriculturist.Färm'ā-ble, a. p. 497Capable of being farmed. Sherwood.Fārm'er, n. p. 497One who farms; as, (a.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate…Farmer-general p. 497one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down.Färm'er-ess, n. p. 497A woman who manages or tills a farm; a female farmer.Färm'er-y, n. p. 497The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm. [Eng.]Färm'-house, n. p. 497A house attached to a farm, and for the residence of a farmer.Färm'ing, n. p. 497The business of cultivating land.Färm'-öf'fiçe, n. p. 497An out-building pertaining to a farm.Fär'mōst, a. p. 497Most distant or remote. Dryden.Färm'stead, n. p. 497A farm with the buildings upon it; a homestead. Tennyson.Färm'-yārd, n. p. 497The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the inclosure surrounded by the farm buildings.Fär'ness, n. p. 497The state of being far; distance; remoteness. [Rare.] Grew.Fâ'ro, n. p. 497A species of game at cards, in which a person plays against the bank, kept by the proprietor of the table. Hoyle.Fär'o-bänk, n. p. 497A bank or establishment against which persons play at the game of faro. Hoyle.Far-răg'i-nous, a. p. 497Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [Rare.] Kirwan. A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Browne.Far-rä'go, n. p. 497A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley. A book like this is not a collection of pamphlets bound into one volume; or the farrago of a few kindred minds. Westminster Review.Fär'rand, n. p. 497Manner; custom; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.Fär're-ā'tion, n. p. 497The same as CONFARREATION.Fär'ri-er, n. p. 497A shoer of horses; a smith who shoes horses. 2. One who professes to cure the diseases of horses; a veterinary surgeon.Fär'ri-er, v. i. p. 497To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. [Obs.] Mortimer.Făr'ri-er-y, n. p. 497The art of shoeing horses. 2. The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating the diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.Făr'rōw, n. p. 497A litter of pigs. Shak.Fär'-rōw, v. t. & i. p. 497To bring forth, as pigs; — said only of swine. Tusser.Fār'rōw, a. p. 497Not producing young in a given season or year; — said only of cows. ☞ If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow.Fār'ry, n. p. 497A farrow. [Obs.] Perry.Fär'-sight'ed, a. p. 497Seeing to a great distance. 2. Incapable of seeing near objects distinctly.Fär'-sight'ed-ness, n. p. 497The quality or state of being far-sighted.Fär'-strĕtched, a. p. 497Stretched beyond ordinary limits.Fär’ther, a., compar. p. 497of far. [superl. FARTHEST. See FURTHER.] [A-S. furðhōr, furðhur, forðhōr, adv., compar. of forðh, forth, furðhra, furðhre, a., further, greater; D. verder; M. H. Ger. värder; O. H. Ger. furdir…Fär'ther, adv. p. 497At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther. 2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the…Fär'ther, v. t. p. 497To help forward; to promote; to advance; to further. [Rare.]Fär'ther-ance, n. p. 497The act of farthering or helping forward; promotion. [Obs.] See FURTHERANCE.Fär'ther-möre, adv. p. 497Besides; moreover; furthermore. [Obs.]Fär'thest, a., superl. p. 497of far. [See FARTHER, and cf. FURTHEST.] Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See FURTHEST.