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"Section F, G and H"

[Obs.]


The warder chid and made fare.

Chaucer.


4. Condition or state of things; fortune;
hap; cheer.


What fare? what news abroad ?

Shak.


5. Food; provisions for the table;
entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.

"Philosophic fare." Dryden.


6. The person or persons conveyed in a
vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
A.
Drummond.


7. The catch of fish on a fishing
vessel.


Bill of fare. See under Bill. --
Fare indicator or register, a
device for recording the number of passengers on a street car,
etc.
-- Fare wicket. (a) A
gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition
grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.

(b) An opening in the door of a street car for
purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
conductor.
Knight.


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