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Ev’n her, who did her numerous offspring boaft, 
As fair and fruitful as the fow that carry’d, 
The thirty pigs at one large litter farrow'd. Dryden. 
FAR'S A, a town of European Turkey, in the province 
of Thefialy, fuppofed to be the ancient Pharfalia : four¬ 
teen miles fouth of Lariifa, and fixty-five north of-Livadia. 
]''AR'SANG, f. [parafanga , Lat.] A Perfian league, 
or the fpace of three miles. 
FARSEE'ING, adj. Penetrating; feeing far into any 
thing ; feeing to a great difiance, Scott. 
FARSE'TIA, f. in botany. See Cheiranthus. 
FAR'SKIUT, a town of Egypt: twenty miles, fouth 
of Girgeh. 
FA RSI ST AN', or Far s, a province of Perfia, bounded 
on the north by a defert, which feparates it from Chora- 
fan; on the eafl by Kerman ; on the fouth by the gulf 
of Perfia; on the weft by Chutiftan ; about 420 miles 
long from north to fouth, and 360 from eaft to weft. To¬ 
wards the fouth the air is very hot, and the land fo fanny 
that it produces little elfe than palm trees ; northward it 
is full of mountains, on which are found the mod beau¬ 
tiful falcons in Perfia, a great number of wild fwine and 
wild cats. The-parts which are cultivated fcarcely yield 
fufficient for the inhabitants; the principal produ6tions 
are rice and fruit; the centre is the nioft fertile. In the 
forefts is found a tree from which the inhabitants gather 
maftic ; emeralds are common. 
FART, A [pejvc, Sax.] Wind from behind : 
T.ove is the fart 
Of every heart; 
It pains a man when ’tis kept clofe : 
And others doth offend, when ’tis let loofe. Suckling. 
To FART, v.a. To break wind behind : 
As when we do a gun difeharge, 
Although the bore be ne’er fo large, 
Before the flame from muzzle burft, 
juft at the breech it flaflies firft ; 
So from my lord his paffion broke, 
Fie farted firft, and then he fpoke. Swift. 
FAR'TACH, or Fartak, or Fartaque, a feaport of 
Arabia Felix, in the province of Hadramaut, belonging 
to the fcheich of Kefchim : 132 miles fouth-eaft of Ha- 
dramaut, and 4S0 eaft of Mocha. Lat. 14.4O.N. Ion. 
68. 10. PL Greenwich. 
To FAR'THEL, v. a. [ fardcler,Yx The fame as to 
furl. 
EAR'THELLTNG LINES, f. in a fliip, ate fmall 
lines fattened to the top-fails and yard-arm. 
FAR'THER, adv. [This word is now generally confi- 
dered as the comparative degree of far ; but by no ana- 
logy can far make farther or farthef ; it is therefore pro¬ 
bable, that the ancient orthography was nearer the true, 
and that we ought to write further and farthef, from forth , 
farther, forthef, pojr'Sep, pun Sep, Saxon ; the 0 and u, 
by refemblance of tound, being firft confounded in fpeech, 
and afterwards in books. Johnfon .] At a greater diftance ; 
to a greater diftance ; more remotely ; beyond; moreover. 
■—To make a perfedt judgment of good pictures, when 
compared with one another, befides rules, there is farther 
required a long converfation with the beft pieces. Dryden. 
•—They contented thernfelves with the opinions, fafliions, 
and things, of their country, without looking any farther. 
Locke. 
FAR'THER, adj. [fuppofed from far, more probably 
from forth, and to be written further. 1 }, More remote.— 
Let me add a farther truth, that without ties of grati¬ 
tude, I have a particular inclination to honour you. 
Dryden. —Longer ; tending to'greater diftance : 
Before our farther way the fates allow, 
Pfere muft we fix on high the golden bough. Dryden. 
FAR'THERANCE, f. [more properly furtherance , 
from further . ] Encouragement; promotion.—-That was 
F A S 
the foundation of the learning f have, and of all the far. 
therance that I have obtained. Afchant. 
EAR'THERMORE, adv. [more properly furthermore.] 
Befides; over and above; likewife.— Furthermore the 
leaves, body, and boughs, of this tree, by fo much exceed 
all other plants, as the greateft men of power and worldly 
■ability furpafs the mcaneft. Raleigh. 
To FAR'THER, v.a. [more proper To further. ] To 
promote; to facilitate ; to advance.— He had farthered or 
hindered the taking of the town. Dryden. 
PAR'THEST, adv. [ more properly filrtkf. ] At the 
greateft diftance. To the greateft'diftance. 
KAR'THEST, adj. Moft diftant.; remotefr.—Yet it 
rnufr be withal confidered, that the greateft part of the 
world are they which be farthef from perfe&ion. Hooker 
FAR'THING, f. [piojrSlu y, Sax. from peopejt, 
four; that is, the fourth part of a penny.] The fourth 
of a penny ; the fmalleft Englifh coin.—A farthing is the 
Icaft denomination or fraction of money ufed in England. 
Cocker. —Copper money : 
The parifli find, ’tis true ; but our churchwardens 
Feed on the iilver, and give 11s the farthings. Gay. 
It is ufed fometimes in a fenfe hyperbolical : as, It is not 
worth a farthing ; or proverbial : 
His fon builds on, and never is content, 
’Till the laft farthing is in ftrufture fpent. Dryden. 
A kind ofdivifion of land. Not in life .—Thirty acres 
make a fart king.\&n& ; nine farthings a Cornifn acre ; and 
four Cornifh acres a knight’s fee. Carezo. 
FAR'THING of GOLD, a coin ufed in ancient times, 
containing in value the fourth part of a noble, or 2od. 
filver. It is mentioned in the flat. 9 Hen. V. cap. 7. 
where it is enadted, that there ftiall be good and juft 
weight of the noble, half noble, and farthing, of gold. 
FAR'THING of LAND, an ancient meafure, which 
feems to differ from Farding .dear ; for in a furvey- 
book of the manor of Weft Hapton in Devonfiiire, there 
is an entry thus: A. B. holds fix farthings of land at 
T26I. per ann. fo that the'farthing of land muft have 
been a confiderable quantity. 
FAR'THING ALE, f. [This word has much exercifed 
the etymology of Skinner, who at laft feems to determine 
that it is derived from vertu garde ; if he had confidered 
what vert fignifies in Dutch, he might have found out 
the true fenle.] A hoop ; circles of whalebone ufed to 
fpread the petticoat to a wide circumference : 
With filken coats, and caps, and golden rings, 
With ruffs, and cuffs, and farthingales and tilings. Shakefp. 
FAR'THINGSWORTFI, f. As much as is fold for a 
farthing.—They are thy cuftomers; I hardly ever fell 
them a farthing[worth of any thing. Arbuthnot. 
FAR'TIN, a river of Ireland, in the county of Kerry, 
which runs into Valentia Bay. 
FAR'TREY, a river of Ireland, which runs into the 
Irifti fea, nine miles.north of Wicklow. 
FARUGA'NIE, a town of Egypt, on the eaft branch 
of the Nile : eighteen miles north of Cairo. 
FAS AD', a town of Perfia, in the province of Segeftan : 
thirty-five miles fouth-fouth-weft of Zareng. 
FAS'CELIS, a fur-name of Diana, becaufe her ftatue 
was brought from Taurica by Iphigenia in a bundle of 
flicks (fafeis), and placed at Aricia. 
FASCELLI'NA, anciently a town of Sicily, near Pa- 
normus. 
FAS'CES,y. [Latin.] Rods anciently carried before 
the confuls of Rome, as a mark of their authority : 
The duke beheld, like Scipio, with difdain, 
That Carthage, which he ruin’d, rife once more ; 
And fiiook aloft tlie fafees of the main, 
To fright thofe (laves with what they felt before. Dryd. 
FAS'CIA, f [Latin.] In architecture, a fillet, or 
bandage. 
