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fouldre
† fouldre Obs. Also 4–5 foudre. [a. OF. fouldre (Fr. foudre):—vulg. Lat. *fulgĕr-em (L. fulgur neut.).] Lightning; a thunderbolt.c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame ii. 27 That thing that men calle foudre That smoot somtyme a tour to powdre. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3413 His face like foudre shynyng. 1483 Caxton...
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foudroyant
foudroyant, a. (fuːˈdrɔɪənt, Fr. fudrwajɑ̃) [a. Fr. foudroyant, pr. pple. of foudroyer to strike with or as with lightning, f. foudre: see fouldre.] 1. a. Thundering, stunning, noisy. b. Flashing, dazzling.1840 De Quincey Style Wks. 1859 XI. 210 When..the ‘foudroyant’ style of the organist commenced...
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foulder
▪ I. † ˈfoulder, v.1 Obs. [ad. OF. fouldrer, f. fouldre: see fouldre.] trans. To flash or thunder forth; to send forth as a thundercloud or a gun. Also absol.1559 Mirr. Mag., Mortimers iv, Which forced enuy foulder out the rust That in mens hearts before did lie and smother. 1594 W. Percy Cælia x, F...
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fudder
▪ I. fudder (ˈfʌdə(r)) Also 7–8 fooder. [ad. Ger. fuder (= fother) used in the same sense.] A tun (of wine).1679–88 Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 118 5 fooder of Rhenish wine, containing 37 ―, and 40{supt}{supy} gallons. a 1767 Sir Aldingar xli. in Child Ballads iii. lix. (1885) 46 Thou se...
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fulder
fulder Sc. var. of fouldre, Obs., a thunderbolt.1513 Douglas æneis xii. xiv. 88 Nor fulderis dynt..With sik a rummyll com bratland on sa fast.
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enfoulder
† enˈfoulder, v. Obs. rare—1. [app. f. en-1 + OF. fouldre (mod.Fr. foudre) thunderbolt.] Implied in enˈfouldred ppl. a., ? charged with thunder-bolts, black as a thunder-cloud.1590 Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 40 With fowle enfouldred smoake and flashing fire.
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