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• Four-cornered

  ·adj Having four corners or angles. ...

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• Four-cycle

  ·add. ·noun A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal-combustion engine. ...

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• Four-o'clock

  ·noun The friar bird; — so called from its cry, which resembles these words. II. Four-o'clock ·nou...

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• Four-poster

  ·noun A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. ...

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• Four-way

  ·adj Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. ...

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• Four-wheeled

  ·adj Having four wheels. ...

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• Four-wheeler

  ·noun A vehicle having four wheels. ...

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• Seventy-four

  ·noun A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns. ...

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• The Four Corners

  So called of Fenchurch Street east, Bridge Street south, Grasse Street north, Lombard Street west (S...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• The Four Gates

  A cellar in the parish of St. Martin in the Vintry called "The Four Gates," "Les quatres portes," 33...

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• four-o'clock

  n. another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• four-cant

  A rope composed of four strands. ...

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• Four-in-hand

  ·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team. II. Four-in...

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• Four Dove Court

  1) Out of Noble Street, Foster Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) West...

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• Four Swans Inn

  West out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within, at No. 83 (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

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• six-upon-four

  Reduced allowance; four rations allotted to six men. ...

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• history of the four kings

  or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose