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To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes.

Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book. Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield.

A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight.

A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Saxony.

A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also dungari.] [India]

Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long- eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.

other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]

With affection or endearment; dearly.

State of being endeared.

To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.

, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer.

both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. Fare thee well! and if…

One who fars. Sir P. Sidney.

The fieldfare.

Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. -- n., sing. & pl.

The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.