Dictionary entry

Farewell (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fare″well′ (?), a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell.

Farewell rock(Mining), the Millstone grit; — so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.