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Webster 1913 Edition

Furciferous

Fur-cif′er-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

furcifer

yoke bearer, scoundrel;

furca

fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment +

ferre

to bear.]

Rascally; scandalous.

[R.]

“Furciferous knaves.”

De Quincey.