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<hw>Far"fetch`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Politic <i>farfetches</i>."

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Farfetched</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"fetched`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Brought from far, or from a remote place.</def>

<blockquote>Every remedy contained a multitude of <b>farfetched</b> and heterogeneous ingredients. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.</def>

<h1>Farina</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Fa*ri"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., meal, flour, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. <ets>barley</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pollen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Farinaceous</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far`i*na"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>farinaceus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting or made of meal or flour; <as>as, a <ex>farinaceous</ex> diet</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Yielding farina or flour; <as>as, <ex>ffarinaceous</ex> seeds</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; <as>as, a <ex>farinaceous</ex> taste, smell, or appearance</as>.</def>

<h1>Farinose</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far`i*nose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>farinosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>farineux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Yielding farinaa; <as>as, <ex>farinose</ex> substances</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld><def>Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.</def>

<h1>Farl</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Furl</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Farlie</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"lie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferlish</ets> wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. <ets>f\'d6rl\'c6c</ets> sudden. See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See <er>Fearly</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Farm</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferme</ets> rent, lease, F. <ets>ferme</ets>, LL. <ets>firma</ets>, fr. L. <ets>firmus</ets> firm, fast, <ets>firmare</ets> to make firm or fast. See <er>Firm</er>, <tt>a.</tt> & <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer <b>farms</b> to their tenants. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.</def>