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Farm vs Farl - What's the difference?

farm | farl |

In obsolete terms the difference between farm and farl

is that farm is to take at a certain rent or rate while farl is a quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.

farm

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (historical) * (l) (obsolete) (wikipedia farm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal
  • (obsolete) A banquet; feast
  • (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax
  • * 1642 , tr. J. Perkins, Profitable Bk. (new ed.) xi. §751. 329 :
    • If a man be bounden unto 1.s. in 100.l.£ to grant unto him the rent and farme of such a Mill.
  • * 1700 , J. Tyrrell, Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 814 :
    • All..Tythings shall stand at the old Farm , without any Increase.
  • * 1767 , W. Blackstone, Comm. Laws Eng. II. 320 :
    • The most usual and customary feorm or rent..must be reserved yearly on such lease.
  • (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
  • * 1876 , E. A. Freeman, Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 439 :
    • He [the Sheriff] paid into the Exchequer the fixed yearly sum which formed the farm of the shire.
  • (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
  • * 1885 , Edwards in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 580:
    • The first farm of postal income was made in 1672.
  • The body of farmers of public revenues.
  • * 1786 , T. Jefferson, Writings (1859) I. 568 :
    • They despair of a suppression of the Farm .
  • The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease
  • * a1599 , Spenser, View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 58 :
    • It is a great willfullnes in any such Land-lord to refuse to make any longer farmes unto their Tennants.
  • * 1647 , N. Bacon, Hist. Disc. Govt. 75 :
    • Thence the Leases so made were called Feormes' or ' Farmes , which word signifieth Victuals.
  • * 1818 , W. Cruise, Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 68 :
    • The words demise, lease, and to farm let, are the proper ones to constitute a lease.
  • A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation
  • A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock
  • (usually, in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
    • fuel farm'''''; ''wind '''farm'''''; ''antenna '''farm
  • (computing) A group of coordinated servers
    • a render farm'''''; ''a server '''farm

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
  • To devote (land) to farming.
  • To grow (a particular crop).
  • To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
    • to farm the taxes
  • * Burke
    • to farm their subjects and their duties toward these
  • (obsolete) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
  • * Shakespeare
    • We are enforced to farm our royal realm.
  • (obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.
  • To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
  • * 2004', "Doug Freyburger", ''Pudding '''Farming Requires Care'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.nethack )
    • When you hit a black pudding with an iron weapon that does at least one point of damage there is a good chance it will divide into two black puddings of the same size (but half the hit points IIRC). Since black puddings are formidible(SIC) monsters for an inexperienced character, farming is also a good way to die.
  • * 2010 , Robert Alan Brookey, Hollywood Gamers (page 130)
    • The practice of gold farming is controversial within gaming communities and violates the end user licensing agreements

    Derived terms

    * fish farm * fur farm * tank farm * wind farm

    Related terms

    * farmer * farming * farm out * gold farming * gold farmer

    References

    See also

    * agriculture 1000 English basic words ----

    farl

    English

    Etymology 1

    Contraction of fardel.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • See also

    * soda bread * potato bread

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1647', '', '''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 !
    (Webster 1913)