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furdling

furdling is the present participle and gerund of furdle.

Meaning of furdle

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

Questions about furdling

What is furdling the present participle and gerund of?
Furdling is the present participle and gerund of furdle.

Words near furdling in the dictionary

  1. furculæ
  2. furder
  3. furdle
  4. furdled
  5. furdles
  6. furdling
  7. furdom
  8. fure
  9. fureak
  10. fureaks
  11. furegrelate

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