farrier 
A /Vn-m/r fnnn<'tli nut his im-t:i], but gif it \vole be tem- 
perid. ':/'/ f.f. Sdivt Works (nl. ,\rn,,M), I. 407. 
2. A smith who shoes horses; more generally, 
one who combines the art of horseshoeing with 
the profession of veterinary surgery. 
Yche a hors tlmt ferroure schalle scho. 
Html; "fCiirtasye, 615. 
Alas! what Lock or Iron Engine is 't 
That can thy subtle secret strength resist, 
Sith the hcst Fa-t-r/i-r cannot set a shoo 
So sure, hut thon (so shortly) canst vniloo? 
Sylvester, tr. of Du liartas's Weeks, i. 3. 
Poppica, the cinpresse, wife to Nero the Emperour, was 
knowne to cause her ferrerit ordinarily to shoe her coach 
horses . . . with cleanu gold. 
Jlulland, tr. of Pliny, xxxiii. 11. 
farriert (far'i-er), v. i. [(farrier, n.} To prac- 
tise as a farrier. 
farriery (far'i-er-i), . [Formerly also ferriery, 
ferranj, < ML. fcrraria (sc. ars), fern, of ferra- 
rius, pertaining to iron : see furrier.'} 1. The 
art of shoeing horses ; also, the art of treating 
the diseases of horses, now technically called 
veterinary surgery. 
So tooke she chamber with her son, the God of Ferrary. 
Chapman, Iliad, xiv. 
2. PI. farrieries (-iz). A farrier's establishment. 
farrow 1 (far'6), re. [Also dial, farry, fare, far, 
litter of pigs (a sense appar. developed from the 
pi. of the orig. noun, which meant 'a little pig,' 
or perhaps from the verb furrow, as if ' a far- 
rowing,' hence 'the pigs farrowed': see the 
verb), < ME. *farh, found only in pi. faren, < 
AS. fearh (also fcerlt, ferh), pl.fearas (only in 
glosses), a pig, a little pig, = D. varken, a pig 
(dim. of vark: see aardvark), = OHG. farh, 
farah, MHG. varch, G. dial, farch, dim. OHG. 
farheli, MHG. verhel, a pig, G. ferkel = Sw. far 
(-gait), a boar, = L. porous (Gr. irdpxof, appar. 
from L.), > E. pork, q. v.; = Olr. ore = Lith. 
parszas = OBulg. prase = Euss. porosia, a pig. 
Cf. AS. for, foor (in glosses), a little pig, tr. L. 
porcaster.~\ 1. A little pig. 
Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten 
Her nine farrow. Shah., Macbeth, iv. 1. 
2. A litter of pigs. 
farrow 1 (far'6), e. *. [= So. ferry, < ME. fer- 
gen, fargen, pp. yvarged, yveruwed (late North. 
ferryit), farrow, < *farh, -pi. faren, a little pig: 
see /arrow 1 , n.~\ To bring forth, as pigs: said 
only of swine. 
There were three sucking pigs serv'd vp in a dish, 
Ta'en from the sow as soon as farrowed. 
Massinger, City Madam, ii. 1. 
In the thirteenth Year of this King, many Prodigies were 
seen ; a Pig was/arrowed with a Face like a Child, a Chicken 
was hatched with four Legs. Baker, Chronicles, p. 43. 
farrow 2 (far'6), a. [Always in reference to a 
cow, and prob. first in phrase farrow cow; 
usually connected with D. vaarkoe, also simply 
vaars, a heifer, in OD. vers-kalf, verse, varse = 
MHG. verse, G. fdrse, a heifer, a f em. correspond- 
ing to a masc. form, D. var, varre, a bullock, = 
OHG. far, farro, MHG. var, varre, G. farre = 
Icel. /am', a bullock, = AS. fearr, a bull. The 
AS. word is not found later, and can hardly be 
the source of farrow ; it would have produced 
ME. "ferr, mod. E. *far.~\ Not producing young 
in a particular season or year : applied to cows 
only. If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent 
year, she is said to be farrow or to go farrow. 
Wi' good white bread, and /arrow-cow milk, 
He bade her feed me aft. 
Lord Randal (A) (Child's Ballads, II. 24). 
I wou'd feed ye with the/erra cow's milk, . . . 
An' dress ye i' the finest silk. 
The Minister's Dochter o' Newarke (Child's Ballads, II. 377). 
farry (far'i), n. A dialectal variant of farrow*. 
farset (fars), n. [< ML. farsa, prop. fern, of 
farsus, pp. of L./ara're, stuff, fill up: see farce 1 .} 
In some English churches before the reforma- 
tion, a paraphrase or explanation of the Latin 
epistle in the vernacular tongue, read or sung 
for the benefit of the people immediately after 
the epistle. 
Then follows the lesson from the Epistle of St. Paul to 
Titus, and then the fane proceeds, "St. Paul sent this 
ditty," etc. Dr. Burney, Hist. Music, II. 256. 
farset (fars), v.t. [Same us farce*, v.} Eecles., 
to extend by interpolation, as a part of the pre- 
scribed service : a frequent practice in the mid- 
dle ages. Thus, the Gloria in Excelsis was 
sometimes farsed by interpolations in honor of 
the Virgin Mary. 
far-seeing (far'se"ing), a. Seeing far; having 
foresight or forethought. 
There was no \Volsey now, with a European policy, sa- 
gacious, farseeiny, and patriotic. 
Athenaeum, No. 3H7, p. 209. 
135 
2145 
far-seen (far'sen), a. [Sc.] 1. Looking far 
before one ; far-sighted : as, a far-seen man. 
2. Well versed ; accomplished: as, far-seen in 
medicine. 
far-sight (fiir'sit), n. The faculty of looking 
l':n-:ilie!id; fur-sightedness; prescience. [Rare.] 
With keen far-night, with indomitable energy. 
Christian Union, .May 12, 1887. 
far-sighted (fiir'si'ted), a. 1. Seeing to a great 
distance ; seeing objects more clearly at a dis- 
tance than near at hand; hyperopic or presby- 
opic. 2. Looking far before one; consider- 
ing carefully the probable results of present 
conductor action; prescient: as, & far-sighted 
statesman ; far-sigh ted policy. 
This is no justification, according to the principles 
either of morality or of what we believe to be identical 
with morality, namely, far-sighted policy. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Far-sighted summoner of War and Waste 
To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace. 
Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Ded. 
far-sightedly (far'sl"ted-li), adv. With' care- 
ful forethought. 
Look at this little seed. . . . See how far-sightedly its 
propagative apparatus makes provision for the future. 
O. D. Boardman, Creative Week, p. 131. 
far-sightedness (far'si"ted-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being far-sighted. 
Such, indeed, is commonly the policy of men who are 
. . . distinguished rather by wariness than by far-sighted- 
ness. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. 
far-sought (far'sot), a. Sought at a distance ; 
far-fetched: as, far-sought learning. 
Art and far-sought reasonings would here be ill-timed. 
Massillon, Sermons (trans.), p. 39. 
farsuret (far'sur), n. Stuffing ; farcement. Hal- 
liwell. 
fart (fart), v. i. [< ME. farten, < AS. feortan = OS. 
fertan = LG. furten = OHG. ferzan, MHG. var- 
zen, verzen, vurzen, G. fargen, furzen = Icel. freta 
(for *ferta) = Sw. fjerta = Dan. fjerte = L. pe- 
dere (for *perdere) = Gr. Kepfeiv = Lith. persti = 
Lett, pirst = Skt. parti.'] To discharge or ex- 
pel wind through the anus ; break wind. [Vul- 
gar.] 
fart (fart), n. [< ME. fart, fert, < AS. feort = 
OHG. firz, furz, MHG. G. fars, furz = Icel. 
fretr = Sw. Dan. fjert = Gr. iroptif/; from the 
verb.] 1. A discharge of wind through the 
anus. [Vulgar.] 2f. A Portugal fig. 
Fartes of Portingale, or other like swete conceites, Col- 
lyria. Huloet. 
farthest, *>. t. [Another form of fardefi : see 
fardefl and/arZ.] To furl. Skimter, 1671 ; Ker- 
sey, 1715. 
farthest, Same as fardel 2 . 
farther (far'THer), adv. compar. [Also dial. 
fardcr, ferder; < ME. ferthere, prop. var. of 
forthere, mod. further, dial, furder, by confusion 
with fer, ferre, far: see far 1 . Farther and its 
superl. farthest thus take the place of the reg. 
forms furrer, farrest, < ME. ferrer, ferrest. The 
ill is inserted by confusion with furtJter, fur- 
thest, and the two forms are not properly dis- 
tinguishable in meaning : see further and far 1 .} 
1. At or to a greater distance; more distantly 
or remotely; beyond: as, be content without 
looking farther. 
Whan he was upward the 3 part of the Montayne, he 
was so wery that he myghte no ferthere, and so he rested 
him, and felle o slepe. Mandeville, Travels, p. 148. 
The copiousness and pleasure of the argument hath car- 
ried me a little farther than I made account. 
Howell, Foreign Travel, p. 158. 
So, farther from the fount the stream at random stray'd. 
Dryden, Epistles, xiii. 26. 
Farther and farther from the ships at anchor, the les- 
sening vessel became single and solitary upon the water. 
6. W. Curtis, Prue and I, p. 73. 
Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill 
sounded, . . . 
Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into si- 
lence. Longfellow, Evangeline, ii. 3. 
2. To a greater degree or extent; more; addi- 
tionally. 
I will disparage her no farther, till you are my witnesses. 
Shak., Much Ado, iii. 2. 
And Sancho Panca, as much a fool as I, was observed to 
discipline his body no farther than he found he could en- 
dure the smart. Dryden, Amphitryon, Ded. 
farther (far'THer), a. compar. [< ME. ferthere : 
see farther, adv., and of. further, a.} 1. More 
remote; more distant: as, Farther India. 
Our doing of good works must have a farther end than 
the knowledge of men. Donne, Sermons, viii. 
2. Tending or reaching to a greater distance ; 
further: as, here bis farther progress was stay- 
ed. 3, Additional; increased. 
farthing 
Liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerat 
Age, brought Rome itself to !\ti-tlu-}' slavery. 
Ifiiton, Hilt. Eng., iii. 
4t. Foreign; distant. 
If he dye m ferthere cuntre, he shal ban hisseruisi' and 
messe off ring. Knyliih Gilds (K. E. T. S.), p. 8,s. 
farther (fiir'THer), v. t. [< farther, adv.; prop. 
further, q. v.] To promote; advance; help for- 
ward. See further. [Rare.] 
He had farthered or hindered the taking of the town. 
Drydm. 
If it had been true that I had taken their verses for my 
own, I might have gloried in their aid, and, like Terence, 
have farthered the opinion that Hcipio and Lrelins joined 
with me. Dryden, Epic Poetry. 
fartherance (far'THer-ans), n. [< farther, v., 
+ -anee.~\ Same as furtherance. [Rare.] 
farthermore (fiir'THer-mor), adv. compar. 
[Early mod. E. also fardermore; < farther + 
-more.} Furthermore. [Rare.] 
Fardermore, saith Saynt Johan, I sawe an infynite boost 
of angels beholdinge the face of the heuenlye father. 
Bp. Bale, Image of the Two Churches, i. 
Farthermore the leaves, body,and boughsof this tree. . . 
exceed all other plants. Raleigh, Hist. World. 
farthermost (far'THer-most), a. superl. [^.far- 
ther + -most.} Being at the greatest distance ; 
furthermost. 
So in the church flndeth he, in way of spiritual in- 
struction, all these degrees nearer and farther off, until] 
he come unto tta.t farthermost, of being all united under 
the universal government of Christ his vicar. 
Hammond, Works, II. 641. 
fartherovert, adv. Furthermore; moreover. 
And ferthirover, for as moche as the caitif body of man 
is rebel both to reson and to sensualitee, therefore it is 
worthy the deth. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
farthest (far'mest), a. superl. [Seefartiter and 
furthest.} Most distant or remote; furthest: 
as, the farthest degree. 
To the northwest onr farthest was Chawonock from Ro- 
anoack 130. myles. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 87. 
farthest (far'THest), adv. superl. Same as fur- 
thest. 
farthing (far'THing), n. [Formerly also, and 
still dial., farding; < ME. ferthing, ferthynge, < 
AS.feorthing, ONorth.fedrthung (=Ioel.fjordh- 
ungr = ODan. fjerdnng, Dan. Sw. fjerding, a 
fourth part of a thing), earlier AS. fedrthling, 
afcmrth of a penny ("fe6rthling oththe fe6rtha 
dtel thinges, quadrans," lit. a ' f ourthling ' or 
fourth part of a thing), <fe6rtha, fourth, + dim. 
-ing, -ling.} 1. An English piece of money 
Obverse. Reverse. 
Farthing of Charles II., 1672. British Museum. (Size of 
the original.) 
equal to one fourth of a penny; the smallest 
English coin and money of account. The old silver 
penny was deeply impressed with a cross, andbeing broken 
made four farthings. Later silver farthings were coined ; 
the first copper farthings were issued by Charles II., and 
they are now made of bronze. 
If thou O eue for my love aferthinge, 
Thou doist it with an heuy harte. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 177. 
Aye, and tell me the monie on my cloak lap : 
For there's no aefardin I'll trust thee. 
Dick o' the Cow (Child's Ballads, VI. 79). 
Now for the partes of Coyne or money, the least in name 
is a farthing, but there are none extant in coyne at this 
day to my knowledge. T. Hill, Arithmetic (1600), i. 13. 
After all this he calls for satisfaction, when as he him- 
selfe hath already taken the utmost farding. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
Our churchwardens 
Feed on the silver, and give us the farthings. Gay. 
2f. A division of land, probably originally a 
fourth of a hide ; later, a quarter of an acre. 
Thirty acres make a farthing-land ; nine farthings a 
Cornish acre ; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. 
R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. 
Thefarthings (f jbrdhungar) of Norway and Iceland were 
territorial districts, the "quarters" of some larger area. 
In Norway they were quarters of the "fylki," which an- 
swer to the "folks" which we have in our shire-names 
Norfolk and Suffolk. In Iceland the farthings correspond 
more nearly to our parishes, each having its/arAin<;-kirk, 
or parish-church ; its/artAmjr-thing, orparish vestry; and 
its/artAmn-doom, or court leet. 
Jf. and Q., 7th ser., III. 426. 
