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Webster 1913 Edition
Furlough
Fur′lough
,Noun.
[Prob. fr. D. ]
verlof
, fr. a prefix akin to E. for
+ the root of E. lief
, and akin to Dan. forlov
, Sw. förlof
, G. verlaub
permission. See Life
, Adj.
(Mil.)
Leave of absence; especially, leave given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.