Farthingale, Farding ale

[Fr. vertu gad in; Port. verdugada.] ( Costume.) A name given to the hoop of whalebone used formerly by the ladies of this and of European countries to spread out the petticoat to a wide circumference, (see Fig. 723.) It was introduced into England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and continued to be used on state occasions down to the commencement of the present century. The hoop or crinoline, q. v., is a modernized form of the farthingale. Far West, in Mi ouri , a post-village of Caldwell co., abt. 150 m. N.W. of Jefferson city. F. A. S. [Lat. pater nit at is anti qua rio rum socius.] A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Fas'cet, n. (Gla -making.) A rod thrust into the mouth of a bottle in the operation of gla -blowing, to convey the article to the annealing furnace. (Also called punty rod, or puntie .)