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furdle

furdle verb: to draw up into a bundle; to roll up.

Verb

furdle (third-person singular simple present furdles, present participle furdling, simple past and past participle furdled)

  1. (obsolete) To draw up into a bundle; to roll up.
    • Jericho[…]though crumpled and furdled up,[…], if infuſed in Water, will ſwell and diſplay its parts.c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Forms of furdle

third-person singular presentfurdles
present participlefurdling
past participlefurdled
pastfurdled

Origin of furdle

See fardel, and compare furl.

Words that rhyme with furdle

Questions about furdle

What does furdle mean?
Furdle means to draw up into a bundle; to roll up.
What part of speech is furdle?
Furdle is a verb.
What is the past tense of furdle?
The past tense of furdle is furdled.

Words near furdle in the dictionary

  1. furculae
  2. furcular
  3. furculum
  4. furculæ
  5. furder
  6. furdle
  7. furdled
  8. furdles
  9. furdling
  10. furdom
  11. fure

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