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Farl
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farl
farl
English
A soda bread farl
Noun
farl (plural farls)
- (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
Etymology 2
Verb
farl (third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled)
- Obsolete form of furl.
- 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 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 !
- 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 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,