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adjective-and-adverb. Far.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An obsolete or dialectal form of far.
n. A rare Middle English form of fire.
n. The terminal element of nouns with a corresponding adjective in -ferous, as conifer, a coniferous tree. See -ferous.
Word Usage
"I'm awfully fond of brown trout, and you guys that like Asian carp are in fer a buncha trouble down the road, when Asian carp have run everything else out."