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(cf. Færeyingar, pl., Dan. Færing, n.), II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of the Faroe islands, a group of islands belonging to Denmark, lying midway between the Shetland islands and Iceland.-2. A Scand in avian dialect spoken in the Faroe islands. far-off (fär'of), a. [ Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far - off curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore. Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 74. One far - off divine event, To which the whole creation moves. Tennyson, In Memoriam, Conclusion. Far - off hints and adumbrations. Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 43. Faroish (far'ō-ish), a . [ Faroe + -ish1. Cf. Faroese.] Same as Faroese . The Swedish,... Danish, and Faroish ballads. Child's Ballads, I. 315. farraget, n. [OF. farrage , a mixture of grain, far , L. far , spelt: see farina .] A mixture of grain. As for that kind of dredge or farrage which commeth of the refuse and light corne purged from the red wheat far, it ought to be sowne very thicke with vetches, otherwhiles mingled among. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xviii. 16. farraginous (fa-raj'i-nus), a. [L. farrago ( farragin- ) (see farrago ) + -ous.] Formed of various materials; mixed; jumbled: as, a far raginous discourse. [Rare.] A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 3. But the great farraginous body of Popish rites and ceremonies, the subject of my learned friend's letter from Rome, had surely a different original. War burton, Divine Legation, notes. farrago (fa-rāgō), n. [ farrago , mixed fodder for cattle, mash, hence also a medley, hodgepodge, far far ( farr- ), spelt: see farina .] A ma composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a hodgepodge. A farrago , Or a made dish in Court; a thing of nothing. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, i. 1. Yet do I carry everywhere with me such a confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country mi 's brain! Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. to all How much superior is one touch of nature this farrago of metaphor and mythology. =Syn. See mixture . Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 1. farrand, a. See farand. farrand i net, n. See ferrandine. farrantlyt, adv. Same as farandly. Farrea (far'e-ä), n. [NL.] The typical genus of Farreida. Bower bank, 1862.