An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

FARING, s. Leading of an army.
Barbour.

Isl. faer-a, Su. G. foer-a, ducere, ducem esse.

FARLAND, adj. Coming from a distant country.
Maitland P.

A. S. feorlen, feorlend, longinquus.

FARLE, FARTHEL, FERLE, s. Properly, the fourth part of a thin cake, whether of flour or oatmeal; but now used often for a third, S.
Wodrow.

Teut. vier-deel; A. S. feorth dael, quarta pars.

FARRACH, s. Force, vigour, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Isl. faer, validus; Gael. farrach, force.

FARSY, adj. Having the farcy.
Dunbar.

Fr. farcin.