Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre;
and four Cornish acres a knight's fee.
R. Carew.
Far"thin*gale (?), n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale,
verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named
from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr.
L. viridis. See Verdant.] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other
light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.
We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs,
and farthingales and things.
Shak.
||Fas"ces (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and
||Gr. fa`kelos a bundle.], (Rom. Antiq.) A bundle of rods, having among
||them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman
||magistrates as a badge of their authority.
Fas"cet (?), n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to
carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod
to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose;
-- called also pontee and punty.
||Fas"ci*a (?), n.; pl. FasciÊ (#). [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See
||Fasces, and cf. Fess.] 1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in
||surgery, a bandage or roller.
2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or
broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the
architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.
3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately
beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and
investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.