3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and
four.
All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary.
{ Fourb, Fourbe (?) }, n. [F.] A tricky fellow; a cheat. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Denham.
||Four`chÈ" (fr`sh"), a. [F. See Fork.] (Her.) 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.
||Four`chette" (fr`sht"), n. [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.] 1. A
||table fork.
2. (Anat.) (a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the
posterior part of the vulva. (b) The wishbone or furculum of birds. (c)
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
3. (Surg.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during
the cutting of the frÊnum.
4. (Glove Making) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to
which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight.
Four"-cor`nered (?), a. Having four corners or angles.
Four`dri`nier" (?), n. A machine used in making paper; -- so named from
an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
Four"fold` (?), a. & adv. [AS. feÛwerfeold.] Four times; quadruple; as,
a fourfold division.
He shall restore the lamb fourfold.