Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- . Well favored; comely; handsome; goodly.
- . Having a certain specified favor or appearance; appearing; seeming: generally used in composition with a specific term, fair, foul, evil, ill, well (weel), old (auld), etc.: as, auld-farand, old-seeming: applied to a child who manifests more sagacity than could be expected at his time of life.
- noun Manners; humor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
farrand , n.
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- adjective
Fashioned ;conditioned ;seeming ; having a specifieddisposition . - adjective
Well-behaved ;decent ;becoming . - adjective Scotland
Wise ;sagacious ;well-informed . - noun
Manner ;custom ;fashion ;disposition ;humour .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Shed come so farand she knew she was one of the strongest players.
Pendragon: Before the War: Book One of the Travelers D. J. MacHale 2009
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Shed come so farand she knew she was one of the strongest players.
Pendragon: Before the War: Book One of the Travelers D. J. MacHale 2009
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"That's mair nor I richtly can say," answered Meg Partan, "but auld farand fouk threepit it was somewhaur 'ithin the swing o' Sawtan's tail."
The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864
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Well, I had plenty of incidents so farand I think creating this helped me relieve my stress Yeah, my life isnt that great.
WN.com - Articles related to World Cup Live: Paraguay vs. Spain 2010
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Well, I had plenty of incidents so farand I think creating this helped me relieve my stress Yeah, my life isnt that great.
WN.com - Articles related to World Cup Live: Paraguay vs. Spain 2010
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Well, I had plenty of incidents so farand I think creating this helped me relieve my stress Yeah, my life isnt that great.
WN.com - Articles related to World Cup Live: Paraguay vs. Spain 2010
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To my mindthe clear existence and ex ante diagnosis of bubbles represent by farand away the most compelling evidence of the gross inefficiency of markets.
FXstreet.com 2009
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3My grandpa, he could track something as small as a mouse halfway across Hylowell, maybe not that farand he taught me all sorts of stuff, so when I saw all those men fighting, I figured you2d either be trying to take them all on or you had gone!
Kaz the Minotaur Knaak, Richard A. 2004
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