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▪ I. † fourb(e, n. Obs.
Also 7 fowrb.
[a. F. fourbe masc. and fem. (two distinct words), f. fourbir to furbish, taken in fig. sense. Cf. fob n.1]
1. A cheat, an impostor.
1668Denham Passion of Dido 107 Thou art a false Impostor and a Fourbe. 1680C. Blount Philostratus 43, I have never met with greater Fourbs than those Quaking Saints. 1736Carte Ormonde II. 273 He was a fourbe in his politicks..and thought to be a secret convert to the Roman Catholick Religion. 1761W. Sandby Port. Inquis. 17 (Stanf.) The various tricks put in practice by this notable Fourbe, to introduce the Inquisition.
2. A trick, an imposture.
1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 133 Many Polititians yeeld and perswade, that..fraud and fowrbs are commendable and innocent instruments. 1691Baxter Cert. of Worlds of Spirits 89, I began to suspect a Fourbe.
▪ II. † fourb(e, v. Obs.
[a. F. fourber, f. fourbe: see prec.]
trans. To cheat, impose upon, trick.
1654Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 122 Lord Jermyn hath lustily fourbed the Queene of all her jewells. 1713Gentl. Instr. (ed. 5) 244, I ask then, how those who fourb'd others become Dupes to their own contrivance? |