Farl vs Fard - What's the difference?
farl | fard |
(obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls.
* 1647', '', '''1854 , Alexander Dyce (editor), ''The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions , Volume 2,
(archaic) Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
* 1791 , John Whitaker, Rev. Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
(archaic) To paint, as the face or cheeks.
* Zachary Boyd
(archaic) To gloss over or embellish.
* 1606 , William Birnie, The blame of kirk-buriall
* 1816 , Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord
As nouns the difference between farl and fard
is that farl is (obsolete) a quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake while fard is a journey, a trip.As a verb farl
is .farl
English
Etymology 1
Contraction of fardel.Noun
(en noun)See also
* soda bread * potato breadEtymology 2
Verb
(en verb)page 416,
- Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull !
- Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !
fard
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* ** faird * ** feardNoun
(-)- Painted with French fard .
Verb
(en verb)- The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel.
- Our funerals wherewith we but feard death.
- Nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the causes of divine wrath.
