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"Section F, G and H"

Sir T. Browne.


||Far*ra"go (?), n. [L. farrago,
-aginis, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far
a sort of grain. See Farina.] A mass composed of various
materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.


A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes,
wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's
brain.
Sheridan.


Far"rand (?), n. [OE. farand
beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh.
akin to E. fare.] Manner; custom; fashion; humor.
[Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.


Far`re*a"tion (?), n. [L.
farreatio.] Same as Confarreation.


Far"ri*er (?), n. [OE. farrour,
ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL.
Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to
shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron.
Cf. Ferreous.] 1. A shoer of horses; a
veterinary surgeon.


Far"ri*er, v.


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