farln.
/fɑːl/, U.S. /fɑrl/, Scottish English /farl/ Scottish.
Originally, the fourth part of a thin cake made either of flour or oatmeal; now applied to a cake of similar kind and size, whether quadrant-shaped or not.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > oatcake
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clap-bread1691
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farl1724
tollie1825
teething bannock1866
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 91 Sowens, and farles, and Baps.
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair vii, in Poems 44 An' farls, bak'd wi' butter.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 201 I have tasted no food since day-break but a farl of oat cake.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† farlv.
Obsolete.
= fardel v.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a pack or parcel
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to make up1709
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a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaa/1 Farle up all her Linnens.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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