Part 4543

<hw>Four</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>four</ets>, <ets>fower</ets>, <ets>feower</ets>, AS. <ets>fe\'a2wer</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fiwar</ets>, D. & G. <ets>vier</ets>, OHG. <ets>fior</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj<?/rir</ets>, Sw. <ets>fyra</ets>, Dan. <ets>fire</ets>, Goth. <ets>fidw<?/r</ets>, Russ. <ets>chetuire</ets>, <ets>chetvero</ets>, W. <ets>pedwar</ets>, L. <ets>quatuor</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, <?/, Skr. <ets>catur</ets>. <?/ 302. Cf. <er>Farthing</er>, <er>Firkin</er>, <er>Forty</er>, <er>Cater</er> four, <er>Quater-cousin</er>, <er>Quatuor</er>, <er>Quire</er> of paper, <er>tetrarch</er>.]</ety> <def>One more than three; twice two.</def>

<h1>Four</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The sum of four units; four units or objects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; <as>as, a chariot and <ex>four</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>All fours</col>. <cd>See <er>All fours</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fourb, Fourbe</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw><hw>Fourb</hw>, <hw>Fourbe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A trickly fellow; a cheat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn. Denham.</i>

<h1>Fourch\'82</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four`ch\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Fo<?/</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.</def>

<h1>Fourchette</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four`chette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>fourche</ets>. See <er>Fork</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A table fork.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The wishbone or furculum of birds.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fr\'91num.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Glove Making)</fld> <def>The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Four-cornered</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four"-cor`nered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having four corners or angles.</def>

<h1>Fourdrinier</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four`dri`nier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.</def>

<h1>Fourfold</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four"fold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fe\'a2werfeold</ets>.]</ety> <def>Four times; quadruple; <as>as, a <ex>fourfold</ex> division</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He snall restore the lamb <b>fourfold</b>. <i>2 Sam. xii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fourfold</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four"fold`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Four times as many or as much.</def>

<h1>Fourfold</h1> <Xpage=590>

<hw>Four"fold`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.</def>