| farther | (adj) more distant in especially space or time, Example: they live in the farther house |
| farther | (adv) to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense), Syn. further, Example: farther north; moved farther away; farther down the corridor; the practice may go back still farther to the Druids; went only three miles further; further in the future |
| farthermost | (adj) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order, Syn. furthest, uttermost, furthermost, farthest, utmost, Example: had traveled to the farthest frontier; don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree; explored the furthest reaches of space; the utmost tip of the peninsula |
| farthest | (adv) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense), Syn. furthest, Example: see who could jump the farthest; chose the farthest seat from the door; he swam the furthest |
| farthing | (n) a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny |
| farthingale | (n) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| Farther | a., Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Some farther change awaits us. MIlton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Farther | adv.
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| Farther | v. t. To help onward. [ R. ] See Further. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fartherance | n. [ Obs. ] See Furtherance. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Farthermore | adv. [ Obs. ] See Furthermore. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Farthermost | a. Most remote; farthest. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Farthest | a. |
| Farthest | adv. At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| farthing | n. [ OE. furthing, AS. feórðung, fr. feórða fourth, feór, feówer, four. See Four. ] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Farthingale | n. [ OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant. ] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. [ 1913 Webster ] We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . |
| Farthing { m }; Viertelpenny { m } | farthing [Add to Longdo] |