, a hard, prominent swelling occurring upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration. Youatt.

Fard
(Fard) n. [F., prob. fr. OHG. gifarit, gifarwit p. p. of farwjan to color, tinge, fr. farawa color, G. farbe.] Paint used on the face. [Obs.] "Painted with French fard." J. Whitaker.

Fard
(Fard), v. t. [F. farder to paint one's face.] To paint; — said esp. of one's face. [Obs.] Shenstone.

Fardage
(||Far`dage") n. [F. See Fardel.] (Naut.) See Dunnage.

Fardel
(Far"del) n. [OF. fardel, F. fardeau; cf. Sp. fardel, fardillo, fardo, LL. fardellus; prob. fr. Ar. fard one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. Furl.] A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak.

A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense.
Marryat.

Fardel
(Far"del), v. t. To make up in fardels. [Obs.] Fuller.

Farding-bag
(Far"ding-bag`) n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel.] The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

Fardingdale
(Far"ding*dale) n. A farthingale. [Obs.]

Fardingdeal
(Far"ding*deal) n. [See Farthing, and Deal a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.]

Fare
(Fare) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Faring.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. a way through, a ferry, strait, to convey, to go, march, beyond, on the other side, to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. &radic78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]

1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

So on he fares, and to the border comes
Of Eden.
Milton.

2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.

So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
Denham.

I bid you most heartily well to fare.
Robynson

So fared the knight between two foes.
Hudibras.

3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.

There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day.
Luke xvi. 19.

4. To happen well, or ill; — used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.

So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
Milton.

5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]

She ferde [fared] as she would die.
Chaucer.

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