fourbe, adj., deceitful, knavish, crafty.

fourber, v.a., to cheat, to take in, to gull, to impose upon, to trick.

fourberie, n.f., cheating, knavery, imposture, deceit.

fourbir, v.a., to furbish, polish.

fourbisseur, n.m., furbisher; sword-cutler.

fourbissime, adj., most knavish.

fourbissure, n.f., furbishing; rubbing up.

fourbu, -e, adj., (vet.) foundered; diseased in the feet. Rendre —; to founder.

fourbure, n.f., foundering; founder in the feet.

fourche, n.f., fork, pitchfork. —s patibulaires; forked gibbet. —s Caudines; Caudine forks. Faire la —; to fork, to branch off. Faire une chose à la —; to do a thing anyhow.