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Fanciless (?), a. Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.]
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A pert or bluff important wight,
Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.
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Fancy (făns�), n.; pl. Fancies (#). [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. �� appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. �� to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. �� to show; akin to ��, ��, light, Skr. bhāto shine. Cf. , , , .] 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.
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In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds. Milton.
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2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? Shak.
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3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
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I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.
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4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
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To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.
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5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
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London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.
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6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. The fancy , all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.
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At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.

Syn. -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See .
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Fancy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (�).] 1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
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If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke.
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2. To love. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fancy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
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He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden.
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2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. “We fancy not the cardinal.” Shak.
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3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
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He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray.
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Fancy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes.
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2. Extravagant; above real value.
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This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay.
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Coloq. Fancy ball , a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Coloq. Fancy fair , a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. -- Coloq. Fancy goods , fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. -- Coloq. Fancy line (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. -- Coloq. Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Coloq. Fancy stocks , a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Coloq. Fancy store , one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Coloq. Fancy woods , the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
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Fancy-free (?), a. Free from the power of love. “In maiden meditation, fancy-free.” Shak.
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Fancymonger (?), n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fancy-sick (?), a. Love-sick. Shak.
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Fancywork (?), n. Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
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Fand (?), obs. imp. of . Spenser.
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Fandango (?), n.; pl. Fandangoes (#). [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.] 1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.
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2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]
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Fane (?), n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See .] A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]
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Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.
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Fane, n. [See .] A weathercock. [Obs.]
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Fanega (?), n. [Sp.] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1� to 2� bushels; also, a measure of land. De Colange.
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Fanfare (?), n. [F. Cf. .] A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
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The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.
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Fanfaron (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farfār talkative.] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden.
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Fanfaronade (?), n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See .] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
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Fanfoot (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
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Fang (făng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. fōn; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fāhan, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. fā, Sw. få, fånga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. , a.] 1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak.
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He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.
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2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. “Chariots fanged with scythes.” Philips.
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Fang, n. [From , v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.] 1. (Zoöl.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
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Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.
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2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
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The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.
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3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See .
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4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. Knight.
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5. (Mech.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
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6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope.
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Coloq. In a fang , fast entangled. -- Coloq. To lose the fang , said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: Coloq. To fang a pump , to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]
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Fanged (?), a. Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
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Fangle (?), n. [From , v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.] Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
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Fangle, v. t. To fashion. [Obs.]
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To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.
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Fangled (?), a. New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See . “Our fangled world.” Shak.
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Fangleness (?), n. Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]
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He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser.
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Fangless (?), a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. “A fangless lion.” Shak.
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Fangot (?), n. [Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. .] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
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Fanion (?), n. [See .] 1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]
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2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
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Fanlike (?), a. Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.), folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.

Fannel (?), n. [Dim., from same source as fanon.] Same as .
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Fanner (?), n. 1. One who fans. Jer. li. 2.
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2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under .
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Fan-nerved (?), a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.
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Fanon (?), n. [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See , and cf. , .] (Eccl.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also fannel, phanon, etc.]
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Fan palm (?). (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.
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Fantad (făntăd), n. see .
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Fantail (făntāl), n. (Zool.) (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. (b) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers. (c) the .
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Fan-tailed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
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fantail goldfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) a type of goldfish bred artificially, having a realtively short oval body and a tail with four lobes arrayed somewhat like a folding fan, as though forming a part of the surface of a cone. Called also fantail.
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Fan-tan (făntăn), n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling house.] 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.
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2. A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.
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Fantasia (?), n. [It. See .] (Mus.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.
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Fantasied (?), a. [From .] Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fantasm (?), n. [See , .] Same as .
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Fantast (?), n. One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge.
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Fantastic (?), a. [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. �� able to represent, fr. �� to make visible. See .] 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
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2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak.
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3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
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4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
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There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

Syn. -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See .
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Fantastic, n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. Milton.
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Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen. Fuller.
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Fantastical (?), a. Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
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Fantasticality (?), n. Fantastically. [Obs.]
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Fantastically (?), adv. In a fantastic manner.
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the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.
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Fantastic-alness, n. The quality of being fantastic.
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Fantasticism (?), n. The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality. Ruskin.
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Fantasticly (?), adv. Fantastically. [Obs.]
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Fantasticness, n. Fantasticalness. [Obs.]
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Fantastico (?), n. [It.] A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fantasy (?), n.; pl. Fantasies (#). [See .] 1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.
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Is not this something more than fantasy ? Shak.
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A thousand fantasies
Begin to throng into my memory. Milton.
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2. Fantastic designs.
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Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.
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Fantasy, v. t. To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
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Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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{ Fantigue (?), Fantique (?) }, n. [Written also fanteague, fanteeg, etc.] [Cf. .] State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. [Prov. Eng.] Dickens.
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Fantoccini (?), 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.
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{ Fantod (?), Fantad (?), } n. [Cf. .] State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]
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Fantom (?), n. See .
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Coloq. Fantom corn , phantom corn. Grose.
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fanwort n. a common aquatic plant (Cabomba caroliniana) of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
Syn. -- water-shield, Cabomba caroliniana.
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Fap (?), a. Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.
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Faquir (?), n. See .
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Far (?), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
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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 .] [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. faīrra, 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. , .] 1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
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They said, . . . We be come from a far country. Josh. ix. 6.
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The nations far and near contend in choice. Dryden.
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2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
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3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
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They that are far from thee ahsll perish. Ps. lxxiii. 27.
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4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
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He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. F. Anstey.
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5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.
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☞ The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
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Coloq. By far , by much; by a great difference. -- Coloq. Far between , with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. “The examinations are few and far between.” Farrar.
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Far, adv. 1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.
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2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
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3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
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4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.
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Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10.
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Coloq. As far as , to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under . -- Coloq. Far off . (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. “But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” Eph. ii. 13. -- Coloq. Far other , different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike. Pope. -- Coloq. Far and near , at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. -- Coloq. Far and wide , distantly and broadly; comprehensively. “Far and wide his eye commands.” Milton. -- Coloq. From far , from a great distance; from a remote place.
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☞ Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread.
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