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[ME., also ferde, feord, furd, Faraon withth all hi ferd Comm affterrwarrd. Ormulum , 1. 14792. Ther com him a-zens of kinges & other grete The fairest ferde of folk that euer bi-fore was seie. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), L. 5326. fer de fourchette (fär de för-shet'). [F.: fer, iron; de, of; fourchette, fork: see ferro-, fourchette.] In her., a fork-shaped support for a musket; the croc or rest used in the early days of hand-firearms.