Fare
(Fare) n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]
1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]
That nought might stay his fare.
Spenser. 2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the
fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
The warder chid and made fare.
Chaucer. 4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
What fare? what news abroad ?
Shak. 5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." Dryden.
6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.
7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Bill of fare. See under Bill. — Fare indicator or register, a device for recording the number of
passengers on a street car, etc. — Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges,
exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of
a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.
Faren
(Far"en) obs. p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer.
Farewell
(Fare`well") interj. [Fare (thou, you) + well.] Go well; good-by; adieu; — originally applied to
a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is
often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation
only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.
So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear.
Milton.
Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well.
Byron. The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.
Farewell
(Fare`well") n.
1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
Shak.
Before I take my farewell of the subject.
Addison. Farewell
(Fare"well`) a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.
Leans in his spear to take his farewell view.
Tickell. Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; — so called because no coal is found worth working below
this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.
