‖ furole ? Obs.
[F. furole, earlier fuirole.]
= corposant.
| 1656–81 Blount Glossogr., Furole (Fr.), a little blaze of fire, appearing by night on the tops of Souldiers Launces or at Sea on Sayl-yards, where it whirles and leaps in a moment from one place to another. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Furole, a kind of little Meteor appearing amidst the Sails of a Ship, especially upon an approaching Storm. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Furole, the luminous appearance called the corpo santo. |