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F A R

FAN .\

Tres,

wild, enthufi.nic, riGonary perronl, who

prettnd tO revelation and iorpiration.

FANCY, or IMA CINATION.

S~e IMACINATIO~ .

¡"ANIONS, in the milit.\ry art, Cmall flags carried along

with the baggage.

FANO, a bilbop's Ceeand port-town of Italy, fitumd on

the gulph of Venice, in

14'

E. loog. and

44°

N. lat.

lAR, ih ho,Cem nnlip, an appellation giveo to any part

of a ho¡Ce's right

r.de:

thus the far foot, far /houlder,

Úc.

is the Came with the right foot, right /houlder,

&c.

FARCE, was originally a droll or petty /hew exhibited

by mountebanks and their bufl'oons in the open Oreels,

to gather Ihe people together. At preCent it is of more

dignity: it is removed from the f1reet tO the theatre,

and inJgad of being performed by merry-andrews to

amuCe the rabble, is aéted

comedians, and become

the entertainment of a polile audience. POe!! bave re–

formed tbe wildneCs of tbe primitive farces, ano brought

tbem to lhe ta(le aod manner of comedy. The difl'e–

rence betweea tbe tWO on our (lage is, Ibat comedy

keeps to aature and probability, and therefore is con·

/ined to cemin laws preCcribed by aQcient critics;

""hereas farce diC.llows of alllawl, or rather

them

aGde on occafion. !ts e8d is purely to make merry;

and it flicks at oothing whicb may contribute tbereto,

bowever wild and extravagant. Heoce the dialogue is

uCually low, th.e p(rCons of inferior rank, the fable or

aétion trivi¡J or ridiculous, and nature and truth every

""bere heightened and exaggerated to afl'ord tbe more

palpable ridicule.

FARCIN, Fucv, or FASftlo Ns, in farriery, a creep–

iog ulcer, and the moflloathfome, flinking, and filtliy

direare tbat a horCe can be afl'eéted with.

For the cure, firfl bleed tbe horfe well; then take

oil ofbay and euphorbium mixed together, and anoint

Ibe koots witb it; or batbe !he place witb the flale of

F A R

ARRIERV, the art of curing the difdes o( horres.

The praétice of this uCeful2ft has been bitheno al–

mofl entirely confined to a fet of mco who are totally ig–

poran.t of.anatomy, and Ihe general principies of medio

cine.

is not tberefore furprifing, that Iheir preferip.

tions /hould be equally abCurd as the reafoas tbey give for

admioillering Ihem.

cannot indeed be expeéted that

farrien, wbo are almo(l uoiverfally illiterate men, /hould

makeany mi progrefs in Ibeir prwe!lion. Tbey preCcribe

draughlS, they rowel, cauterire,

&c.

witbou~

being able

to give any other reafon for

th~ir

praétice, but becaufe

Iheir falhers did fo befóre Ibem. How can fueh men

deduce the caufe of adifeafe from in fymptonl!, or form

a rational method of coc., when they are equally igno–

rant cf the cauCes of

~ifeaf~s

aod the opmtion of medio

cines1

F A

an ox or cow, and the

h~rb

ealled lion's foot,

.ti

boiled togelhcr. Some apply tallow and horfe.dvng,

bum the knots with a hot iron, or walh tbe fore with

falt, vioegar, alum, verdigreare, green copperas, and

gun·powder, boiled in chamber·lee. Others again a.

Doint Ihe rores wilh a f.lve made of a penny.worlb

tar,

two

penoy worth of white mercury, aod two hand.

fui, of pigeon's dung.

FARD1NG·

DEAL,

the fourth part of an acre of land. See

AClE.

FARE, mofl commonly fignifies the money paid for

voyage, or pa(fagc by wmr; but, in Londoo, it il

what perrons pay for being eonveyed from one pan of

the lown to another in a eoach or ehair.

FAREHAM, a market tOWD of Hamplhire, leo mUel ean

orSouthamplon.

FAREWELL

CA PE,

the mofl foutherly promontory of

Greenland, in

¡0°

W. long. and

60·

N. lat.

FUINA FOECUHOANS, among botani(ls, the fuppofed

impregnating meal or dufl on Ibe apiees or antbm: of

flowers. Ste BOTANV, Seét. Ill.

FARINGTON, amarket lown of BerkJhire, tweoty.6ve

miles north-we(l of Reading.

FARM, or FHM, fignifies the ehiel me(fuage in a

.iI.

lage; or any large meffuage, wberClO belongs land¡

meadow, paflure, wood, common,

6e.

and which bu

been ufed to let for term of life or years, under a

cenain yearly rent payable by the tenant for Ihe fame.

FARNHAM, amarkeHown in the county of Surry, teo

miles we(l of Guilford,

remarkabl~

for il' large plaota.

lions of hops.

FARO, a fea.port tOWD of Portugal, iD the provinee of

Algarva: W.long. 9°, N. lat. 36°

¡O'.

FARREATION, iD anliquity. SeeCoNFAutHIOH.

FARRIER, one whofe emoloyment is

Iboe borfes,

and

cur~

!hem wheo diCeafe.d or lame..

R Y.

The mifmble flate of this ufeful art, eCpetially in Ibis

country, has determioed us

feleét, from Ibe be(lIU'

!hors, fucb a fyflem of praétiee as feemed ·tO be

for~ed

on rational principies; this, we hope, will be a fuffieleo l

apology for beioE fo fuI!

~pon

this article.

Ctntra/ DirdlíoTlJ 'lJJith

rl!ard

Ihl'

nalt1lflnl

af Har/".

ought to be laid down as a gtneral rule, tO

alfe

horfes as few medicines as po!lible ; and by no

~eanl

to comply ",ith the ridieulous.cuflom of fome,

ar~

frequently bleediog purning and gi,iog. balls,

~ o~g

•

'nd

ItlOO

their horres be in perfea health, and have

00 I

that requires fueh treatment.

'f¡

Proper managemcnt in their feediDg, exerCI e, a

•

d pre!lnl

drelling, wIII alooe cure lDaay dilO! m,.

al!

oJ\'

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