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fa·ri·na

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–noun

1.	flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.

2.	Chiefly British. starch, esp. potato starch.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L farīna meal, flour, equiv. to far emmer + -īna, fem. of -īnus -ine¹

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fa·ri·na Audio Help (fə-rē'nə) Pronunciation Key
n. Fine meal prepared from cereal grain and various other plant products and often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings.

[Middle English, from Latin farīna, from far, a kind of grain; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]

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farina

1398, from L. farina "ground wheat, flour, meal," from far (gen. farris) "grits, a kind of grain." Hence, farinaceous (1656).

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farina
noun
fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

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Main Entry: fa·ri·na
Pronunciation: f&-'rE-n&
Function: noun
: a fine meal of vegetable matter (as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal

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Farina, IL (village, FIPS 25375) Location: 38.83170 N, 88.77784 W
Population (1990): 575 (254 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62838

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Farina

Bar"ley\, n. [OE. barli, barlich, AS. b[ae]rlic; bere barley + l[=i]c (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. le[=a]c leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. ?92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear.] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

Barley bird (Zo["o]l.), the siskin.

Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied.

Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.

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Farina

Fa*ri"na\, n. [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]

1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] --Craig.

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Farina

Far*ra"go\, n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.] A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.

A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. --Sheridan.

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