foulder en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈfoʊldə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English fouldre (“lightning”), from Old French foudre also fouldre (modern French foudre), from Latin fulgur. See fulgor.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
flames of fouldring heat
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 20:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foulders | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fouldre | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| fouldering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fouldered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fouldered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |