Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FAN'-LIKE, a.

Resembling a fan. Kirby.

FAN'NED, pp.

Blown with a fan; winnowed; ventilated.

FAN'NEL, or FAN'ON, n. [Fr. fanon; Goth. fana, supra.]

A sort of ornament like a scarf, worn about the left arm of a mass-priest, when he officiates. Dict.

FAN'NER, n.

One who fans. Jeremiah.

FAN'NING, ppr.

Blowing; ventilating.

FAN-TA'SIA, n. [It. fancy.]

A fanciful air in music, not restricted to the severe laws of composition.

FAN'TA-SIED, a. [from fantasy, fancy.]

Filled with fancies or imaginations; whimsical. [Not used.] Shak.

FAN'TASM, n. [Gr. φαντασμα, from φαινω, to appear. Usually written phantasm.]

That which appears to the imagination; a phantom; something not real.

FAN-TAS'TIC, or FAN-TAS'TIC-AL, a. [Fr. fantastique; It. fantastico from Gr. φαντασια, vision, fancy, from, φαινω, to appear.]

1. Fanciful; produced or existing only in imagination; imaginary; not real; chimerical. South.
2. Having the nature of a phantom; apparent only. Shak.
3. Unsteady; irregular. Prior.
4. Whimsical; capricious; fanciful; indulging the vagaries of imagination; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
5. Whimsical; odd.

FAN-TAS'TIC, n.

A whimsical person. Jackson.

FAN-TAS'TIC-AL-LY, adv.

1. By the power of imagination.
2. In a fantastic manner; capriciously; unsteadily. Her scepter so fantastically borne. Shak.
3. Whimsically; in compliance with fancy. Grew.

FAN-TAS'TIC-AL-NESS, a.

Compliance with fancy; humorousness; whimsicalness; unreasonableness; caprice. Johnson.

FAN'TA-SY, n.

Now written fancy, – which see. Is not this something more than fantasy? Shak.

FAN'TOM, n. [Fr. fantôme, probably contracted from L. phantasma, from the Greek. See Fancy.]

Something that appears to the imagination; also, a specter; a ghost; an apparition. It is generally written phantom – which see.

FAP, a.

Fuddled. [Not in use.] Shak.

FA'QUIR, n. [See FAKIR.]

FAR, a. [Sax. feor, fior, or fyr; D. ver, verre; G. fern, and in composition, ver; Sw. fierran; Dan. fiern; L. porro; Gr. πορῥω; connected with πορος, a way, a passing, πορευω, πορευομαι, to pass or go, Sax. faran, Goth. faran, G. fahren, D. vaaren, Dan. farer, Sw. fara, Eng. to fare. See Fare.]

1. Distant, in any direction; separated by a wide space from the place where one is, or from any given place remote. They said, we are come from a far country. Josh. ix. The kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country. Matth. xxv. The nations far and near contend in choice. Dryden.
2. Figuratively, remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3. Remote in affection or obedience; at enmity with; alienated; in a spiritual sense. They that are far from thee shall perish. Ps. lxxiii.
4. More or most distant of the two; as, the far side of a horse. But the drivers of teams in New England generally use off; as the off side, or off horse or ox.

FAR, adv.

1. To a great extent or distance of space; as, the far extended ocean; we are separated far from each other. Only ye shall not go very far away. Ex. viii.
2. Figuratively, distantly in time from any point; remotely. He pushed his researches very far into antiquity.
3. In interrogatories, to what distance or extent. How far will such reasoning lead us?
4. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
5. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. Phil. i.
6. To a certain point, degree or distance. This argument is sound and logical, as far as it goes. Answer them How far forth you do like their articles. Shak. From far, from a great distance; from a remote place. Far from, at a great distance; as, far from home; far from hope. Far off, at a great distance. They tarried in a place that was far off. 2 Sam. xv. #2. To a great distance. Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Ps. lv. #3. In a spiritual sense, alienated; at enmity; in a state of ignorance and alienation. Ye, who were sometime far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. ii. Far other, very different. Pope.

FAR, n. [Sax. færh, fearh. See Farrow.]

The young of swine; or a litter of pigs. [Local.] Tusser.

FAR-A-BOUT', n.

A going out of the way. [Not in use.] Fuller.

FAR'ANT-LY, a.

1. Orderly; decent.
2. Comely; handsome. [Not used.] Ray.

FAR-BEAM'ING, a.

Sending beams to a distance.

FAR'-BROUGHT, a.

Brought from afar.

FAR-CAST, a.

Cast to a great distance. More.

FARCE, n. [fàrs; Fr. farce; It. farsa; Sp. id.; from farcio, to stuff. Literally, seasoning, stuffing or mixture, like the stuffing of a roasted fowl; force-meat.]

A dramatic composition, originally exhibited by charlatans or buffoons, in the open street, for the amusement of the crowd, but now introduced upon the stage. It is written without regularity, and filled with ludicrous conceits. The dialogue is usually low, the persons of inferior rank, and the fable or action trivial or ridiculous. Encyc. Farce is that in poetry which grotesque is in a picture: the persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false. Dryden.