Part 4172

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fantastic designs.</def>

<blockquote>Embroidered with <b>fantasies</b> and flourishes of gold thread. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fantasy</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cavendish.</i>

<blockquote>Which he doth most <b>fantasy</b>. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fantoccini</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan`toc*ci"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[It., dim. fr. <ets>fante</ets> child.]</ety> <def>Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.</def>

<h1>Fantom</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"tom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Phantom</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Fantom corn</col>, <cd>phantom corn.</cd></cs>

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>Fap</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fuddled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Faquir</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fa*quir"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Fakir</er>.</def>

<h1>Far</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Far</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Farrow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young pig, or a litter of pigs.</def>

<h1>Far</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Far</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<er>Farther</er> <tt>(#)</tt> and <er>Farthest</er> <tt>(#)</tt> are used as the <tt>compar</tt>. and <tt>superl</tt>. of <ex>far</ex>, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with <i>further</i> and <i>furthest</i>. See <er>Further</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fer</ets>, <ets>feor</ets>, AS. <ets>feor</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fer</ets>, D. <ets>ver</ets>, OHG. <ets>ferro</ets>, adv., G. <ets>fern</ets>, <tt>a.</tt>, Icel. <ets>fjarri</ets>, Dan. <ets>fjirn</ets>, Sw. <ets>fjerran</ets>, adv., Goth. <ets>fa\'c6rra</ets>, adv., Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ beyond, Skr. <ets>paras</ets>, adv., far, and prob. to L. <ets>per</ets> through, and E. prefix <ets>for-</ets>, as in <ets>for</ets>give, and also to <ets>fare</ets>. CF. <er>Farther</er>, <er>Farthest</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.</def>

<blockquote>They said, . . . We be come from a <b>far</b> country. <i>Josh. ix. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The nations <b>far</b> and near contend in choice. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; <as>as, <ex>far</ex> be it from me to justify cruelty</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.</def>

<blockquote>They that are <b>far</b> from thee ahsll perish. <i>Ps. lxxiii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.</def>

<blockquote>He was <b>far</b> from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. <i>F. Anstey.</i></blockquote>