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faur

British  
/ fɔːr /

adjective

  1. a Scot word for far

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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You've been trained faur differently, an' you canna say that you'd no' tire o' me.

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.

I doobt they'll say ye're faur ower young to be thinkin' o' a wife.'

From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)

Ye wad be faur better workin' for yersel'.

From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)

An old farmer remarked that “We’re gaun ower faur North.”

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.

Ye'll see he'll jist putt a spairrt on at yon faur poast—he's comin' on noo—he's....

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various

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