Four \Four\, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
chariot and four.
All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Four \Four\, a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. fe['o]wer; akin to
OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj?rir, Sw. fyra,
Dan. fire, Goth. fidw?r, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar,
L. quatuor, Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. catur. ? 302. Cf. Farthing,
Firkin, Forty, Cater four, Quater-cousin, Quatuor,
Quire of paper, tetrarch.]
One more than three; twice two.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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