4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as
a farm.
To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.
Farm, v. i. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as
a farmer.
Farm"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being farmed.
Farm"er (?), n. [Cf. F. fermier.] One who farms; as: (a) One who hires
and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart.
(b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a
farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One who takes taxes, customs,
excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent
for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord
of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
Farmer-general [F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying
certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the
former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. -- Farmers' satin, a
light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. McElrath.
-- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a
royal revenue was farmed out. Burrill.
Farm"er*ess, n. A woman who farms.
Farm"er*ship, n. Skill in farming.
Farm"er*y (?), n. The buildings and yards necessary for the business of
a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]
Farm"house`, n. A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.
Farm"ing, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or
engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
community.
Farm"ing, n. The business of cultivating land.
Far"most` (?), a. Most distant; farthest.
A spacious cave within its farmost part.
Dryden.
Farm"stead (?), n. A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a
farm. Tennyson.
With its pleasant groves and farmsteads.
Carlyle.
Farm"stead*ing, n. A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.
Farm"yard` (?), n. The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the
space inclosed by the farm buildings.
Far"ness (?), n. [From Far, a.] The state of being far off; distance;
remoteness. [R.] Grew.
Far"o (?), n. [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh
was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at
cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or
banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie
and be dealt from the pack.
Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in
the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.
Fa`ro*ese` (?), n. sing. & pl. An inhabitant, or, collectively,
inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.
Far"-off` (?), a. Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under
Far, adv.
Far*rag*i*nous (?), a. [See Farrago.] Formed of various materials;
mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan.
A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and
ages.
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. i. To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a
farrier. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Far"ri*er*y (?), n. 1. The art of shoeing horses.
2. The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and
cattle; the veterinary art.