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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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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.Fär'thest, adv. p. 497At or to the greatest distance. See FURTHEST.Fär’thing, n. p. 497The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being the fourth of a penny in value, equal to half a cent in U. S. currency. 2. A very small amount or value. [Obs.] “No farthing of…Fär’thin-gāle, n. p. 497A hoop petticoat, or a frame consisting of circles of hoops formed of whalebone, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. We’ll revel it as bravely as the best. With ruff and…Fās'çes, n. pl. p. 497(Rom. Antiq.) An ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. Dryden.Fās'çet, n. p. 497(Glass-making.) An iron rod thrust into the mouths of bottles, and the like, in order to convey them to the annealing furnace;—called also punty-rod and puntil.Fās'ci-ā, n. p. 497A band, sash, or fillet; a belt; a stripe. 2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet. 3. (Astron.) The belt of a planet. 4. (Anat.) A thin, tendinous covering…Fās'ci-al, a. p. 497Belonging to the fasces.Fās'ci-āte, a. p. 497(Bot.) (a.) Banded or compacted together. (b.) Flattened or rendered flat, as some stems, through monstrous growth. Gray.Fās'ci-ā'ted, a. p. 497Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage. 2. (Bot.) Flattened in form by growth.Făs'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 497The act or manner of binding up; bandage. "Fasciations and bands of death." Browne.Fās'ci-cle, n. p. 497A small bundle or collection. [Rare.] 2. (Bot.) A close cluster or cyme, with the flowers much crowded together, as in the sweet-william. Gray.