† ˈfurdel, ˈfurdle, v. Obs.
[var. of fardel, v.]
trans. To furl or fold. Also with up.
| 1594 Glenham News fr. Levane Seas 16 Their sayles furdeld. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Peace France Wks. iii. 114/1 The Colours furdled vp, the Drum is mute. 1635 Fox's Voy. N.-W. Pass. (Hakluyt Soc.) 496 We strooke all our sayles and furdeld them up. a 1682 Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 34 Which being a drie and ligneous Plant..though crumpled and furdled up, yet, if infused in Water, will swell and display its parts. |
Hence ˈfurdled ppl. a., † ˈfurdling vbl. n.
| 1658 Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 128 To urge the thwart enclosure and furdling of flowers, and blossomes before explication. |