Noun

(en-noun)

The state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness

:* {{quote-book, year=1918, author=William James, title=The Principles of Psychology, page=217, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=VnN9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA217

, passage=If I look from a mountain, the things seen are vast in height and breadth, in proportion to the farness of the horizon.}}

:* {{quote-book

, year=1980 , year_published=1998 , edition=Expanded , editor= , author=Russel Hoban , title=Riddley Walker , chapter= , url= , genre=SciFi , publisher= , isbn=978-0-253-21234-4 , page= , passage=It's about the same farness from Cambry … }}

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Noun

(es)

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.

(countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.

(dated) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.

* 1606 William Shakespeare, Macbeth , act V, scene V

Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack!

At least we'll die with harness on our back.

The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.