† farragen.
Obsolete.
1. Fodder for cattle. Also attributive, as farrage rye.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder
fodderOE
foragec1315
provender1340
provend?a1400
foddering1430
feed1594
farrage1609
roughness1813
trough-meat1844
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. ii. 220 In those countries such kinds of farage are mowed up.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Farrággine, dredge, bollimong, or farage rye.
2. = bullimong n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > forage-crop
podder1468
tare1482
farrage1601
corn-fodder1744
forage-crop1875
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. vii. 459 Farrago is none other thing but barley, otes, and suche lyke graynes mingled togither.]
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xvi. 573 That kind of dredge or farrage..ought to be sowne very thicke.
3. = farrago n. b.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture
hotchpotc1405
hodge-podgec1426
omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
hotchpotch1549
mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
wilderness1594
brewage1599
motley1609
macaronic1611
medley1618
olla podridaa1635
farragoa1637
consarcination1640
porridge1642
olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture
mishmashc1475
rabblement1539
mingle-mangle1549
bumble broth1572
bumble-bath1595
mash1601
colluvies1647
bumble1648
farrago1650
higgledy-piggledy1659
jumble1661
farrage1698
tumble1755
pie1837
Sargasso Sea1855
wirrwarra1866
chop suey1888
dog's breakfast1892
dog's dinner1902
sargasso1934
paella1939
1698 F. B. Free but Modest Censure 29 A farrage of jejune Learning.
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