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"Section F, G and H"

Remote in affection or obedience; at a
distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.


They that are far from thee ahsll
perish.
Ps. lxxiii. 27.


4. Widely different in nature or quality;
opposite in character.


He was far from ill looking, though he thought
himself still farther.
F. Anstey.


5. The more distant of two; as, the
far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is,
the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he
mounts.


&fist; The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of
far is sometimes not easily discriminated.


By far, by much; by a great difference.
-- Far between, with a long distance (of space
or time) between; at long intervals.
"The examinations are few
and far between." Farrar.


Far, adv. 1. To a
great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated
far from each other.


2. To a great distance in time from any
point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into
antiquity.


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