FARL
Farl, v. t.
Defn: Same as Furl. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
FARLIE Far"lie, n. Etym: [OE. ferlish wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. færlic sudden. See Fear.]
Defn: An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] Drayton.
FARM Farm, n. Etym: [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]
1. The rent of land, — originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.]
2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.] It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants. Spenser.
3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
Note: In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. Burrill.