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Farded vs Farden - What's the difference?

farded | farden |

As a verb farded

is (fard).

As a noun farden is

(uk|obsolete|northern england).

farded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fard)

    • fard

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * ** faird * ** feard

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
  • * 1791 , John Whitaker, Rev. Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
    • Painted with French fard .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To paint, as the face or cheeks.
  • * Zachary Boyd
    • The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel.
  • (archaic) To gloss over or embellish.
  • * 1606 , William Birnie, The blame of kirk-buriall
    • Our funerals wherewith we but feard death.
  • * 1816 , Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord
    • Nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the causes of divine wrath.

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology at ferd. Closely cognate to Scots faird.

    Alternative forms

    * ** farde * ** ferde * (Scottish) ** faird

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Force of movement, impetus, rush, violent onset.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill
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    farden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, obsolete, Northern England)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1872, author=T.P. Wilson, title=Frank Oldfield, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The young gent's been and popped all his things for the play and the drink; and I haven't myself so much as a brass farden to get a mouthful o' meat with." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=E. Nesbit, title=The Phoenix and the Carpet, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Nicked the bloomin' lot 'e did--and me with not a farden to take 'ome to my brother and his missus.' }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1908, author=James Blyth, title=Edward FitzGerald and "Posh", chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was off with the letters and all, and never gave me a farden for what he had or what he l'arnt off o' me. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=John Hartley, title=Yorksher Puddin', chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage='If tha weant, tha weant,' he sed, soa that settles it, but awd rayther let th' bums tak away nearly ivvery stick aght o'th' haase nor awd take a farden less nor seven shillin'; that's th' lowest aw ivver will tak, an if tha doesn't buy'em at that price tha'll rue, for tha'll niver have sich a chonce ageean.' }} ----