12) far-fetched. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense: antic, bizarre, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque. See TRUE, USUAL....

13) Far Eastern Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Far Eastern Republic, Far Eastern Russia, or Far Eastern Territory: see Russian Far East....

14) Far fetched. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Not closely connected; a remote conceit; as, "a far-fetched simile," a "far-fetched allusion." Also, obtained from a foreign or distant country, "quod rarum est,...

15) 1169. A Far Cry to Heaven by Edith Matilda Thomas. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...regardless, unfruitful, they roll; 5 For this, that thou prayest vain things, t is a far cry to Heaven, my soul,— Oh, a far cry to Heaven! Thou dreamest the word...

16) far from the madding crowd. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...far from the madding crowd A phrase adapted from the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray: madding means frenzied. The lines containing the phrase...

17) § 13. as far as. 1. Grammar. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
...As far as the Usage Panel is concerned, as far as had better be followed by both a subject and a verb. As far as is sometimes used as a preposition meaning as for...

18) go far. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...See go....

19) Soviet Far East. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Soviet Far East, see Russian Far East....

20) 468. Song-On the Seas and far away. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics
... Tune— O er the hills and far away. HOW can my poor heart be glad, When absent from my sailor lad; How can I the thought forego— He s on the seas to meet the foe?...