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faar, fair, fairlek, fairlock, far, farlek, farlock, farr, faur,
far [I. fa(ː)r]
n. Fishermen's tabu word for a vessel or boat.
dim. farlock
fairce, farce, fars, ferce, frais,
farce [fars, fɔrs]
n. A farce, a funny story, a joke.
Farchar, Farcher,
Farchar [ˈfarxər]
n. The personal (and sur) name Farquhar.
fardel, fardle,
fardel [fardəl]
n. A bundle, parcel, the third stomach or omasum of a ruminant.
fardel, fardle, farl, farle, forril,
fardel [far(d)l]
n. The fourth part of a round. A three cornered cake, scone.
faer, fair, fairin, fairn, far$weel, fare, fare_ye_weel, farein, fareing, faren, fareweel, fareweil, fareweill, fare-ye-weel, farin, faur, fayre, foor, forefaren, forfairn, forfaren, forfeern, forforn, forfuirn, forn, forne, fuhre, fuir, fuirin, fuirn, fure, fure, furin, infair, infar, infare, misfare, misför, misforn, misforne, misfuir, misfure,
fare [feːr]
v. To fare, go, travel, get on.
pt. fuir [føːr, feːr, N. fiːr]
pp. forn [foːrn], faren [ˈfeːr(ə)n]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fareweel [ˈfeːrwil]: Farewell, adieu.
fare ye weel: May it go well with you.
farin [ˈfeːrɪn]: Food, fare. Faring, going, traveling, getting on, improving.
forfaren [fərˈfeːr(ə)n]: Forlorn, jaded, undone, ruined, gone amiss, destitute.
infare: The bringing home of the bride to her new home, the reception.
misfare: To come to grief pt. misfuir pp. misforn.
Farfar, farfir, forfir, The_Loons, The_Louns,
Farfar [farfər]
pn. Forfar (Angus).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Farfar loun: A male from Forfar.
The Louns: A nickname for Forfar Athletic football club.
fairkeesh, fairkish, fargis, farkage, farkish, ferkish,
farkage [ˈfarkədʒ, ˈfarkɪdʒ, ˈfarkɪtʃ]
n. A confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle of rope or clothes etc. Odds and ends, miscellaneous articles.
farlan, farland, farlands, farlane, farlanes, farlans, farlaun, farlauns, farlin, farlins, faurlan, faurlans, foreland, forelands,
farland [ˈfarlən(d)]
n. A long box into which herring are put for gutting.
pl. farlands
farrach, farroch, fyarroch,
farrach [MN. ˈf(j)arəx]
n. Strength, energy, pith.

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