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"Section F, G and H"


3. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as,
a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.


Far`i*nose" (?), a. [L.
farinosus: cf. F. farineux.] 1.
Yielding farina; as, farinose substances.


2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Covered with a
sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the
body of certain insects; mealy.


Farl (?), v. t. Same as
Furl.
[Obs.] Beau. & Fl.


Far"lie (?), n. [OE. ferlish
wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS.
f&aemacr;rlīc sudden. See Fear.] An unusual
or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly.
[Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] Drayton.


Farm (?), n. [OE. ferme rent,
lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm,
fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm,
a. & n.] 1. The rent of land,
-- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

[Obs.


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