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- English Word Fountain Definition The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
- English Word Fountainless Definition Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.
- English Word Fountful Definition Full of fountains.
- English Word Four Definition One more than three; twice two.
- English Word Four Definition The sum of four units; four units or objects.
- English Word Four Definition A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
- English Word Four Definition Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
- English Word Four-cornered Definition Having four corners or angles.
- English Word Four-in-hand Definition Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.
- English Word Four-in-hand Definition A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
- English Word Four-o'clock Definition A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
- English Word Four-o'clock Definition The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words.
- English Word Four-poster Definition A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.
- English Word Four-way Definition Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
- English Word Four-wheeled Definition Having four wheels.
- English Word Four-wheeler Definition A vehicle having four wheels.
- English Word Fourb Definition Alt. of Fourbe
- English Word Fourbe Definition A trickly fellow; a cheat.
- English Word Fourche Definition 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.
- English Word Fourchette Definition A table fork.