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<hw>Far"ding*dale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A farthingale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fardingdeal</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"ding*deal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Farthing</er>, and <er>Deal</er> a part.]</ety> <def>The fourth part of an acre of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>farding dale</asp>, <asp>fardingale</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<h1>Fare</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Fare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fared</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Faring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>faran</ets> to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. <ets>faran</ets> to travel, go, D. <ets>varen</ets>, G. <ets>fahren</ets>, OFries., Isel., & Sw. <ets>fara</ets>, Dan. <ets>fare</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a way through, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a ferry, strait, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to convey, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to go, march, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ beyond, on the other side, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to pass through, L. <ets>peritus</ets> experienced, <ets>portus</ets> port, Skr. <ets>par</ets> to bring over. &root;78. Cf <er>Chaffer</er>, <er>Emporium</er>, <er>Far</er>, <er>Ferry</er>, <er>Ford</er>, <er>Peril</er>, <er>Port</er> a harbor, <er>Pore</er>, <tt>n</tt>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.</def>

<blockquote>So on he <b>fares</b>, and to the border comes Of Eden. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; <as>as, he <ex>fared</ex> well, or ill</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So <b>fares</b> the stag among the enraged hounds. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I bid you most heartily well to <b>fare</b>. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So <b>fared</b> the knight between two foes. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.</def>

<blockquote>There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . <b>fared</b> sumptuously every day. <i>Luke xvi. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; <as>as, we shall see how it will <ex>fare</ex> with him</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Sso <b>fares</b> it when with truth falsehood contends. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To behave; to conduct one's self.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She <b>ferde</b> [fared] as she would die. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fare</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Fare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>faru</ets> journey, fr. <ets>faran</ets>. See <er>Fare</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A journey; a passage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That nought might stay his <b>fare</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; <as>as, the <ex>fare</ex> for crossing a river; the <ex>fare</ex> in a coach or by railway.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ado; bustle; business.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The warder chid and made <b>fare</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>fare</b>? what news abroad ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; <as>as, coarse <ex>fare</ex>; delicious <ex>fare</ex>.</as></def> "Philosophic <i>fare</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; <as>as, a full <ex>fare</ex> of passengers</as>.</def>

<i>A. Drummond.</i>

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