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Farl

//fɑːl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. obsolete
  2. 2
    Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of furl. alt-of, obsolete

    "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 !"

Etymology

Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.

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