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   1 In phr as far as: to (with no comparison implied); cp FARFORTH.
   1930 BARNES 83 'Come into Lasher's with me'—a bar was there at the time. He said, 'Come in as far as Lasher's with me and we'll have a drink.' P 148-65 Dad has gone over as far as Henry's. 1979 TIZZARD 45 He ... would get Hiram and some other young fellow to row him up as far as Thomas Mehaney's in punt, a distance of a mile and a half.
   2 Comb far-away gear: trawl-line with lines and hooks spaced well apart.
   1963 TEMPLEMAN & FLEMING 7 The gear used in [long-lining] experiments was of the same type, standard gear (50-52 hooks per line) ... some 'close rigged' gear (80-82 hooks per line) and 'far-away' gear (33-34 hooks per line). Q 67-48 Far-away gear [has] suds far apart, about forty hooks to a line.

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