farewellinterj.[Fare (thou, you) + well.] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.()So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. (Milton.)Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well. (Byron.)()n.1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.()2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.()And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. (Shak.)Before I take my farewell of the subject. (Addison.)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.()