farl
See also: phall
English
A soda bread farl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːl
Etymology 1
Contraction 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
farl (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
Verb
farl (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
- farl in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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