Part 50

Farm"ing, n. The business of cultivating land.

Far"most` (?), a. Most distant; farthest.

A spacious cave within its farmost part.

Dryden.

Farm"stead (?), n. A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson.

With its pleasant groves and farmsteads.

Carlyle.

Farm"stead*ing, n. A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.

Farm"yard` (?), n. The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

Far"ness (?), n. [From Far, a.] The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew.

Far"o (?), n. [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.

Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.

Fa`ro*ese` (?), n. sing. & pl. An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.

Far"-off` (?), a. Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.

Far*rag*i*nous (?), a. [See Farrago.] Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan.

A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages.

Sir T. Browne.

||Far*ra"go (?), n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for cattle, ||mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.] A mass composed ||of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.

A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.

Sheridan.

Far"rand (?), n. [OE. farand beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. fare.] Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.

Far`re*a"tion (?), n. [L. farreatio.] Same as Confarreation.

Far"ri*er (?), n. [OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous.] 1. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.

Far"ri*er, v. i. To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Far"ri*er*y (?), n. 1. The art of shoeing horses.

2. The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.

3. The place where a smith shoes horses.

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