Chapter False Ceiling to Farmer George of F by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Fare meaning the expense of a journey or passage across water, is the Anglo-Saxon fare or fær, a journey; verb, faran, to travel. (Archaic, feriage, the fare for crossing a ferry.)

Fare Well (To). You cannot fare well but you must cry out roast meat. Don't blazon your good fortune on the house-top. "Sorex suo perit indicio." Terence has the same idea: "Egomet meo indicio miser, quasi sorex, hodie perii." (Eunuchus, v. 7, 23.)

Farina Ejusdem farinæ. Other rubbish of the same sort. Literally, "Other loaves of the same batch." Our more usual expressions are, "Others of the same kidney," "others of the same feather," "others tarred with the same brush."

Farinata or Farinata Degli Uberti. A nobleman of Florence, chief of the Ghibelline faction, placed by Dante, in his Inferno, in a red-hot coffin, the lid of which is suspended over him till the day of judgment. He is represented as faithless and an epicure. (Thirteenth century.)

Farleu or Farley. A duty of 6d. paid to the lord of the manor of West Slapton, in Devonshire. (Bailey.) Money given by a tenant instead of his best beast (heriot).

Farm means food; so called because anciently the tenant was required to provide the landlord with food by way of rent. (Anglo-Saxon, fearme, food.)
   To farm taxes is the French affermer (to let or lease), from ferme, a letting for the supply of food.

Farmer George George III.; so called from his farmer-like manners, taste, dress, and amusements. (1738, 1760-1820.)

"A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn."
Byrons Vision of Judgment.