Obs. Also 8 phare. [ad. It. faro in same senses, ad. L. pharus, Gr. φάρος PHAROS.] The name of a promontory (marked by a lighthouse) at the entrance of the Strait of Messina. Hence, the strait itself. More fully The Fare of Messina.
1628. Digby, Voy. Medit. (1868), 26. I descryed a shippe plying to gett into the fare of Messina.
1720. Lond. Gaz., No. 5827/1. Before they could get out of the Phare.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Fare, a watch-tower at sea, as the Fare of Messina.
1739. Encour. Sea-f. People, 38. He stood in about the Point of the Fare towards Messina.
