Front | fardel \FAHR-dl\ |
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Back | noun 1. A pack; a bundle. 2. A burden. [Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of farde, package, from Arabic fardah.] "Shepherd: Sir, there lies such secrets in this fardel and box, which none must know but the king; and which he shall know within this hour, if I may come to the speech of him." - Shakespeare, William, The Winter's Tale: Act IV, Scene IV. |
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