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farl.

A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɑːl/
  1. A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.

    obsolete
  2. Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.

Where this word comes from

Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.

verb/fɑːl/
  1. Obsolete form of furl.

    alt-of · obsolete
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