foura.[OE. four, fower, feower, AS. fewer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fjrir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidwr, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. te`ttares, te`ssares, pi`syres, Skr. catur. 302. Cf. Farthing, Firkin, Forty, Cater four, Quater-cousin, Quatuor, Quire of paper, tetrarch.] One more than three; twice two.()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.()n.[F.] A tricky fellow; a cheat.(Evelyn. Denham.)
