farl

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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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