Defn: The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.
FARDINGDALE
Far"ding*dale, n.
Defn: A farthingale. [Obs.]
FARDINGDEAL
Far"ding*deal, n. Etym: [See Farthing, and Deal a part.]
Defn: 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.] Etym: [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Isel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. sq. root78. 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 (More's Utopia). 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 wwhich . . . 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. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton.