Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Farrow

Farrow (far"ro) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon fearh a little pig; a akin to Old High German farh, farah, pig, dim. farheli little pig, German fercel, Dutch varken pig, Lithuanian parszas OIr. orc, Latin porcus, Greek po`rkos. Compare Pork.]

A litter of pigs. — Shakespeare

Farrow , verb, transitive and intransitive

To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine. — Tusser

Farrow , adjective

[Compare Scot. ferry cow a cow that is not with calf, Dutch vaarkoe, vaars, heifer, German farse, Anglo-Saxon fearr bull, German farre. Compare Heifer.]

Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow.