Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.
Hawthorne.
Fan"ta*sy, v. t. To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to
fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
Which he doth most fantasy.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
||Fan`toc*ci"ni (?), n. pl. [It., dim. fr. fante child.] Puppets caused
||to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also,
||the representations in which they are used.
Fan"tom (?), n. See Phantom.
Fantom corn, phantom corn. Grose.
Fap (?), a. Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
Fa*quir" (?), n. See Fakir.
Far (?), n. [See Farrow.] (Zoˆl.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
Far, a. [Farther (#) and Farthest (#) are used as the compar. and
superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion
with further and furthest. See Further.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin
to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan.
fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. farra, adv., Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;
beyond, Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E.
prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. Farther, Farthest.]
1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a
wide space or extent.
They said, . . . We be come from a far country.
Josh. ix. 6.
The nations far and near contend in choice.
Dryden.
2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it
from me to justify cruelty.
3. 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.