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"Section F, G and H"

Anything brought
from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep
strategem.
[Obs.] "Politic farfetches."
Hudibras.


Far"fetched` (?), a. 1.
Brought from far, or from a remote place.


Every remedy contained a multitude of
farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients.

Hawthorne.


2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally
deduced or introduced; forced; strained.


Fa*ri"na (f&adot;*rī"n&adot; or
f&adot;*rē"n&adot;), n. [L., meal, flour, fr.
far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]
1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains
or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various
processes, and used in cookery.


2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.]
Craig.


Far`i*na"ceous (?), a. [L.
farinaceus.] 1. Consisting or made of
meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.


2. Yielding farina or flour; as,
ffarinaceous seeds.


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