• FAR
adj. 1. c1340 obs. – of a person: advanced in age or knowledge
adj. 2. 1509 obs. – of a difference in kind or value: great
n. 1. Bk1900 Sc. – a boat
n. 2. 1991 US sl. – a hard and fast rule
• FAR-ABOUT
adv. 1. c1300 obs. – to a great distance around, everywhere
adv. 2. c1450 obs. – at a great distance
adv. 3. 1483 obs. – far astray, out of the way
adv. 4. 1848 – by far, very much, greatly
n. 1639 obs. – a digression, a wandering
• FARACK
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a small mark on the skin
• FARADIDDLE
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – nonsense, foolishness
• FARADIDDLES
n. E19 sl. – lies of the amusing kind
• FARAHEAD
n. E20 US sl. – a drunkard or a person who is intoxicated; one who is ‘far ahead’ in his drinking
• FAR ALONG
adj. M19 sl. – drunk or otherwise intoxicated
• FARANCE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a pretense, make believe
• FARAND
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs. – a state of preparation for a journey
• FARANDINICAL
adj. 1675 obs. rare – of the nature of farandine (17th century cloth); hence, second-rate, worthless
• FARANDMAN
n. a1400 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. – a stranger, a traveller
• FAR AND NEAR
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. – beer; a glass of beer
• FARANG
n. a1861 Thailand – a foreigner, esp. a European
• FARANT
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – belonging to another place or district, ‘foreign’
• FAR AWAY
adj. L19 sl. – in pawn
vb. L19 sl. – to pawn
• FARAWAY SCREED
n. Bk1900 Sc. – foreign news, a letter from abroad
• FAR BACK
adj. 1. 1881 Sc. – in debt
adj. 2. 1890 – (as ‘far-back’) ancient
adj. 3. 1950 Sc. – backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth
adj. 4. 1950 Sc. – in bad health
• FAR-BEING
n. 1580 – the state of being at a distance
• FAR BEN
adj. 1. 1725 Sc. – intimate, friendly, in great favour with
adj. 2. 1918 Sc. – of the eyes, look: dreamy, abstracted, distant
• FAR-BETWEEN
adj. 1743 – occurring at long intervals; infrequent
• FARBLONDJET
adj. 20C US sl. – confused, lost, astray
• FARBLONJET
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – lost, astray; confused, befuddled (rhymes with ‘car lawn kit’)
• FAR-BORN
adj. 1672 obs. – born long ago
• FARBULOUS
adj. 2005 UK sl. – ‘far out’ and fabulous; used of up-to-the-moment followers of fashion and the trendy clothes they wear
• FAR-CAST
n. c1400 obs. – the act of casting one’s thoughts to a distance; forethought, shrewdness, cunning
vb. a1340 obs. – to cast to a distance off
• FAR-CASTER
n. c1400 obs. – one who exercises forethought
• FAR-CASTING
adj. c1400 obs. – scheming, shrewd
n. c1400 obs. – forethought, cunning
• FARCE
n. 1. c1390 obs. – force-meat (ground meat), stuffing
n. 2. 1928 Sc. – a funny story, a joke
vb. 1. a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial. – in cookery: to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc.
vb. 2. 1375 obs. – to cram the stomach, oneself, etc. with food; also, to fill out what is lean or shrunken
vb. 3. c1386 obs. – to cram full of; to pack
vb. 4. c1400 obs. – to paint the face
• FARCEDOM
n. 1842 nonce word – farcical spirit or style
• FARCEMENT
n. 1627-77 obs. rare – forcemeat, stuffing
• FARCERE
n. 1381 obs. rare – force-meat, stuffing
• FARCETTA
n. 1835 rare – a short farce
• FARCEUR
n. 1828 – a joker, a wag
• FARCHADET
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – confused; befuddled (pronounced ‘far-chah-det’, rhymes with ‘car got it’)
• FARCIC
adj. 1763 obs. rare – farcical; of the nature of a farce
• FARCIFUL
adj. 1731 obs. rare – ludicrous, farcical
• FARCIFY
vb. 1834 – to turn into a farce
• FARCIMENT
n. 1657 obs. – stuffing; seasoning
• FARCINATE
vb. 1634 obs. – to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food
• FARCING
n. 1. 1532 – stuffing, forcemeat
n. 2. L16 UK criminals’ sl. – the picking of a lock
• FAR-COME
adj. 1590 – that has come from a distance
• FARCOMER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a stranger
• FARCOST
n. c1205 obs. – condition, welfare
• FARCOSTS
n. c1205 obs. – circumstances
• FARCY
vb. 1830 nonce word – to stuff
• FARD
n. 1. 1513 Sc. obs. – motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset
n. 2. 1540 obs. – paint for the face, esp. white paint
vb. 1. a1450 obs. – to paint the face with ‘fard’; to hide defects and improve the complexion
vb. 2. 1549 obs. – to embellish or gloss over anything
• FARDAGE
n. 1578 obs. – the impedimenta of any army, baggage
• FAR-DAY
n. 1655 obs. – the latter part of the day
• FAR-DEE
n. c1870 Brit. sl. – a farthing
• FARDEL
n. 1. a1300 arch. – a bundle, a little pack; a parcel
n. 2. 1388 obs. – that in which something is wrapped; a wrapping, a wrapper
n. 3. c1440 obs. – a fourth part of anything
n. 4. 1523 obs. – profit
n. 5. 1847 Sc. – a quantity, a lot
n. 6. 1866 Sc. – a large slice or piece, a lump, esp. of eatables
n. 7. 1866 Eng. dial. – the cover of a book
n. 8. L19 Irish sl. – a farthing
vb. 1594 obs. – to make into a bundle
• FARDELET
n. 1413 obs. – a little bundle
• FARDELLAGE
n. 1489 obs. – a package
• FARDELS
n. a1300 arch. – baggage of a company of men
• FARDEN
n. M18 sl. – a farthing
• FARDENER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a thing worth or costing a farthing
• FARDETH
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a farthing’s worth
• FARDINGALE
n. 1865 Eng. dial. obs. – the fourth part of an acre
• FARDLE
n. 1. a1300 arch. – a bundle, a little pack; a parcel
n. 2. 1721 Sc. – the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake
vb. 1594 obs. – to make into a bundle
• FARDLET
n. 1413 – a little bundle
• FAR-DOWN
n. 1. 1834 Amer. dial., formerly often derogatory – an Irish-American whose family came from the north of Ireland
n. 2. L19 Aust. sl. – Ulster
• FAR-DOWNER
n. 1857 Amer. dial., formerly often derogatory – an Irish-American whose family came from the north of Ireland
• FARDREDEAL
n. 1521 obs. rare – ? advantage
• FARDRY
n. c1430 obs. – the act of painting the face, the effect produced by this
• FARE
n. 1. c1000 obs. – a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage
n. 2. a1000 obs. – an expedition
n. 3. c1205 obs. – a swarm of flies
n. 4. c1250 obs. – condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success
n. 5. 1297 obs. – mode of proceeding, bearing, demeanour; appearance, aspect
n. 6. 1297 obs. – a number of persons prepared for a journey; a troop, a multitude
n. 7. a1300 obs. – display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss
n. 8. c1320 obs. – equipment for a journey; rigging out of a ship; apparel, belongings
n. 9. 1340-70 obs. – a proceeding, action; ‘doings’; hence, fighting
n. 10. 1509 obs. – a road, a track
n. 11. 1557 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a litter of pigs
n. 12. 1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the track of a rabbit or hare
n. 13. 1762 obs. rare – a ferry
n. 14. 1842 Eng. dial. – a young or suckling pig
n. 15. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the countenance, the face
n. 16. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – condition, circumstances; chance, lot
n. 17. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – conduct, behaviour
n. 18. 1930s sl. – a male or female prostitute’s client
vb. 1. 971 now arch, or poetic usage – to journey, to travel, to make one’s way
vb. 2. c1175 obs. – to depart from life; to die
vb. 3. c1250 obs. – of time: to go, to pass
vb. 4. a1300 obs. – to behave or conduct oneself, to act
vb. 5. c1460 obs. – to tread under foot
vb. 6. 1603 obs. – to ‘go on’ impetuously, to rage, to rail
vb. 7. 1781 Eng. dial. – to ache, to throb
vb. 8. 1839 Sc. – to feed, to entertain with food
vb. 9. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to approach, to draw near; to show symptoms of; to seem likely to
vb. 10. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to track footsteps; to detect traces
• FAR EAST TWO-STEP
n. 1960s US sl. – diarrhoea; dysentery
• FAREING
n. 1864 Eng. dial. – appearance; feeling; generally used in plural
• FARELOOPER
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others
• FARE-MAKER
n. c1440 obs. – a boaster
• FARE ON
vb. 1535 obs. – to rush upon, to assault
• FARER
n. 1881 – a traveller
• FARE-THEE-WELL
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a curt dismissal; a brush-off
• FARE-WAY
n. 1883 – a navigable channel in a river or between rocks, sandbanks, etc.; the usual course or passage of a vessel on the sea or in entering and leaving a harbour
• FAREWELL
n. 1634 obs. exc. Amer. dial. – an after-taste, a twang
• FAREWELL FIELDFARE
phr. c1374 obs. – said to one whom the speaker wishes to see no more, with allusion to the fieldfare’s departure northward at the end of winter
• FAREWELL-SUMMER
n. 1. 1852 Eng. dial. – the robin redbreast, Erithacus rubecula
n. 2. 1863 Eng. dial. – the chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum sinense
• FARE-YOU-WELL
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a curt dismissal; a brush-off
• FAR-FAMED
adj. 1624 – well-known, widely celebrated
• FAR-FARER
n. 1861 rare – one who travels far
• FAR-FAUGHT
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – far-fetched
• FAR-FET
adj. 1. 1533 obs. – of an argument, notion, etc.: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing
adj. 2. 1579 obs. – brought from far
• FAR-FETCH
adj. 1603 obs. – far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing
n. 1. a1562 obs. – a deeply-laid or cunning stratagem
n. 2. 1813 obs. – fondness for far-fetched ideas
vb. 1639 obs. rare – to derive in a far-fetched manner
• FAR-FETCHED
adj. 1. 1583 arch. – brought from far
adj. 2. 1647 obs. – of a pedigree: traced from a remote origin
adj. 3. a1656 obs. – devious, circuitous
• FAR-FORTH
adv. c1470 obs. – to a great distance or extent; far, far on
• FAR FORTHLY
adv. 1362 obs. – to a great or definite extent; also, entirely, excellently
• FAR FROM TAW
adj. 1875 Amer. dial. – far from home
• FARG
n. 20C Brit. sl. – an effeminate male homosexual
• FARGE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a gossip; an intruder, a spy
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time
• FARGER
n. L16 UK criminals’ sl. – a false die
• FARGILL
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a small load of anything
• FARGIS
n. 1824 Sc. – a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles
• FAR-GOER
n. 1841 – one who goes or travels far
• FAR GONE
adj. 1. M19 sl. – drunk or otherwise intoxicated
adj. 2. M19 sl. – exhausted, worn-out
adj. 3. M19 sl. – mad, eccentric, insane
• FARIE
n. 1500-20 Sc. obs. – a state of tumult or consternation
• FARIN
n. c1800 Sc. – food, fare
• FARINATION
n. 1859 rare – a making into flour
• FARINED
adj. 1664 obs. – powdered, as the complexion
• FARING
n. 1. 1864 Eng. dial. – appearance; feeling; generally used in plural
n. 2. 1877 Sc. – food, fare
• FARISH-ON
adj. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – advanced in years, well on; well forward in an undertaking
adj. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – nearly intoxicated, well on in one’s cups
• FARK
n. 1971 Aust. sl. – the act of sex, ‘fuck’ ..
vb. 1971 Aust. sl. – to have sex, to fuck
• FARKAGE
n. 1824 Sc. – a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles
• FARKAKTE
adj. 1930s US sl. – unpleasant, disgusting
• FARKEEKER
n. 1. 1828 Sc. – a telescope
n. 2. 1856 Eng. dial. sl. – (‘far-keeker’) the eye
• FARKEL
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles
• FAR-KEND
adj. 1786 Sc. – known far and wide, famous
• FAR-KENN’D
adj. 1785 Eng. dial. – seen a long way off; well-known
• FAR-KENNING
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – knowing, prudent, far-seeing
• FARKISH
n. 1824 Sc. – a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles
• FARKLEBERRY
n. 1765 Amer. dial. – a blueberry
• FARL
n. 1. 1721 Sc. – the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for a person
• FARLAND
adj. a1595 Sc. obs. – coming from a distance; foreign
• FARLE
n. 1. 1721 Sc. – the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake
n. 2. 1900 Sc. – curly flakes; anything curly and fluttering, e.g. wisps of cloth, clouds
• FAR-LEARNED
adj. 1875 Eng. dial. – well-educated, well-informed
• FAR-LENGTH
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – distance, furthest length
• FAR-LEUKIT
adj. 1787 Sc. – far-seeing, penetrating, prudent
• FARLOOPER
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others
• FARLY
adv. c1460 obs. – far, to a great extent or distance
• FARM
n. 1. a900 obs. – food, provision; hence, a banquet, a feast
n. 2. a1500 obs. – a lease
n. 3. Bk1901 sl. – the prison infirmary
n. 4. 1940s US sl. – a psychiatric institution
n. 5. 20C US sl. – a prison
vb. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to cleanse, to clean out, to put in order; to empty
vb. 2. 1970s US college sl. – to drink alcohol
• FARMABLE
adj. 1611 obs. – that may be leased
• FARMED
adj. 1970s US college sl. – drunk
• FARMENTS
n. 1440 obs. rare – iron fittings
• FARMER
adj. 1. M19 sl. – foolish
adj. 2. 1950 Amer. dial. – homemade
adj. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – very large, oversized
n. 1. 1382 obs. – one who cultivates land for the owner; a bailiff, steward
n. 2. 1523 obs. – one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee
n. 3. a1825 Eng. dial. – the eldest son of the occupier of a farm
n. 4. 1848 Brit. sl. – an alderman
n. 5. 1864 US sl., derogatory – a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly
n. 6. 1864 Eng. dial. sl. – a hare
n. 7. 1886 sl. – a sailor who has no duties at the wheel or on watch during the night
n. 8. M19 sl. – a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person
n. 9. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a jesting name for a toad
n. 10. 1930 Amer. dial. – an incompetent worker, esp. among loggers
n. 11. 1940s African-American sl. – a recently arrived Southern farm worker who persists in his country ways despite the pressing sophistication of the Northern cities
n. 12. Bk1942 Amer. Western sl. – a term of contempt
n. 13. 1963 Amer. university sl. – an ill-mannered student with poor, unpolished manners
n. 14. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very awkward, clumsy person
n. 15. 1965 Amer. dial. – somebody who drives carelessly or not well
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to practise the trade or operation of farming
• FARMER ARTERNOON
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a slovenly farmer, one who is always behindhand
• FARMER BALL
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a children’s game: two teams are on opposite sides of a demilitarized area; teams throw at one another in the middle area Amer. dial.
• FARMER BOY
n. 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory – a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person
• FARMERESS
n. 1672 – a woman who farms land; a farmer’s wife
• FARMER GILES
n. 1955 UK & Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘piles’ – haemorrhoids
• FARMERIC
adj. 1867 Eng. dial. – farming, farmer-like; countrified
• FARMERING
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. – farming, engaged in farming
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – farming, the occupation of a farmer
• FARMER JACK
n. 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory – a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person
• FARMER JAKE
n. 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory – a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person
• FARMERLY
adj. a1674 obs. – like a farmer
• FARMER MATCH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface
• FARMER’S
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – very large, oversized
• FARMERS
n. 1955 UK & Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘piles’ (Farmer Giles) – haemorrhoids
• FARMER’S ALLIANCE
n. L19 US sl. – pumpkin pie
• FARMER’S BEAST
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an illegally shot deer or its meat
• FARMER’S BEEF
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an illegally shot deer or its meat
• FARMER’S BOOTJACK
n. 1942 Amer. dial. – a wagon wheel
• FARMER’S HAIRCUT
n. 1984 Amer. dial. – a closely trimmed cut which leaves a band of light skin contrasting with the tanned portions of neck and face, especially above the ears
• FARMER’S HEART-ACHE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – anything betokening a hearty appetite
• FARMERSHIP
n. 1551 obs. – the state or occupation of being a farmer, or steward; stewardship
• FARMER’S MATCH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface
• FARMERS’ RAILROAD
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a road made of planks laid crosswise on longitudinal timbers; popular between 1849 and 1860
• FARMER’S SCRAP
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – the last piece of food left on a plate
• FARMER’S SET
n. 1964 US sl. – in dominoes: the 6-4 piece
• FARMERS’ TIME
n. 1. 1940 Amer. dial. – eight o’clock (pm)
n. 2. 20C US sl. – (as ‘farmer’s time’) 30 minutes early or fast
• FARMER’S WINE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – whisky, esp. when illegally made
• FARMER TAN
n. 1996 US sl. – a suntanned face, neck, and lower arms
• FARMERY
adj. 1861 – like a farmer
n. 1. 1656 – the buildings, yards, etc. belonging to a farm
n. 2. 1801 – the business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.; agriculture, farming
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to practise the trade or operation of farming
• FARMFRECKLE
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a freckle on the skin
• FARMHOLD
n. 1449 – a quantity of land held and cultivated as a farm
• FARM IN THE WOODS
vb. 1972 Amer. dial. – to operate an illegal still
• FARMISHT
adj. 1982 Amer. Yiddish – confused, jumbled, mixed up
• FARMLET
n. 1881 rare – a little farm
• FARM LIQUOR
n. 1953 Amer. dial. – ordinary homemade whisky, neither aged nor artificially coloured
• FARM MATCH
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface
• FARM OUT
vb. 1862 UK sl. – to delegate to another
• FARM-SPRECKLED
adj. 1893 Eng. dial. – freckled, having freckles on the skin
• FARM WITH THE BOTTLE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to drink steadily or a great deal
• FARMYARD CONFETTI
n. 1930s Aust. sl. – ‘bullshit’; empty talk, nonsense
• FARMYARD NUGGET
n. World War II Amer. sl. – an egg
• FARMYARD TALK
n. L19 sl. – rude, abusive talk
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