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farl

[fahrl]

noun Scot.

a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.

Also, farle.

Origin:
1715–25; contraction of fardel a three-cornered cake, orig., the 4th part of a round cake (Middle English ferdell, representing Old English fēortha dǣl fourth part)

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farl or farle (fɑːl)

—n
	a thin cake of oatmeal, often triangular in shape

[C18: from earlier fardel fourth part, from Old English fēortha fourth + Middle English del part]

farle or farle

—n

[C18: from earlier fardel fourth part, from Old English fēortha fourth + Middle English del part]

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