farl
See also: phall
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːl
Etymology 1
editContraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.
Noun
editfarl (plural farls)
- (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
- Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
See also
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editfarl (third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled)
- Obsolete form of furl.
- 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416,
- Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull ! Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !
- 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416,
References
edit- “farl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.