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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fard, Faird, v. Also: ferd, feard. [ME. farde (a 1450), F. farder.] tr. To paint (the face); fig. to embellish, adorn. Hence fairded ppl. a. 1549 Compl. 16/14.
I thocht it nocht necessair til hef fardit ande lardit this tracteit vitht exquisite termis 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 37.
Presume not ye … with fained ioye to fairde my face 1602 Calderwood V. 143.
They … maske a fained heart with the vaile of fairded language 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vii. 11.
So far may we [glory] in our funerals wherewith we but feard death 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 227.
When we should be close out of love and conceit of any masked and ferded lover 1666-7 Blakhall Narr. 127.
She was so well fearded, and so lyk a French belle brunette