F — Fantastical to Farina (Part 6 of 6)

Farfet
(Far"fet`) a. [Far + fet, p. p. of Fette.] Farfetched. [Obs.]

York with his farfet policy.

Farfetch
(Far"fetch`) v. t. [Far + fetch.] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]

To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.

Farfetch
(Far"fetch`), n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches." Hudibras.

Farfetched
(Far"fetched`) a.

1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.

Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients.

2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

Farina
(Fa*ri"na) (fa*ri"na or fa*re"na), n. [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]

1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] Craig.