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<hw>Farm"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Farmhouse</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"house`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.</def>

<h1>Farming</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; <as>as, <ex>farming</ex> tools; <ex>farming</ex> land; a <ex>farming</ex> community.</as></def>

<h1>Farming</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The business of cultivating land.</def>

<h1>Farmost</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"most`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Most distant; farthest.</def>

<blockquote>A spacious cave within its <b>farmost</b> part. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Farmstead</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"stead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>With its pleasant groves and <b>farmsteads</b>. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Farmsteading</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"stead*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A farmstead.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Black.</i>

<h1>Farmyard</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farm"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.</def>

<h1>Farness</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Far</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>The state of being far off; distance; remoteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Faro</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Said to be so called because the Egyptian king <ets>Pharaoh</ets> was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]</ety> <def>A gambling game at cardds, in whiich 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.</def>

<cs><col>Faro bank</col>, <cd>the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.</cd></cs>

<i>Hoyle.</i>

<h1>Faroese</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Fa`ro*ese`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def>An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.</def>

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