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Definition of 'fard'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
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** faird
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** feard
Noun
( -)
(archaic) Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
* 1791 , John Whitaker, Rev. Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
- Painted with French fard .
Verb
( en-verb)
(archaic) To paint, as the face or cheeks.
* Zachary Boyd
- The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel.
(archaic) To gloss over or embellish.
* 1606 , William Birnie, The blame of kirk-buriall
- Our funerals wherewith we but feard death.
* 1816 , Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord
- Nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the causes of divine wrath.
Etymology 2
See the etymology at ferd. Closely cognate to Scots faird.
Alternative forms
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** farde
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** ferde
* (Scottish)
** faird
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) Force of movement, impetus, rush, violent onset.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(lb) A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill
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Similar to 'fard'ford, farad, fried, fraud, fired, freed, fyrd, fiord, fared, ferd, feard, fraid, frood
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