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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Furl  \Furl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Furld};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Furling}.]  [Contr.  fr  furdle,  fr  fardel  bundle:  cf  F. 
  ferler  to  furl,  OF  fardeler  to  pack.  See  {Furdle},  {Fardel}, 
  and  cf  {Farl}.] 
  To  draw  up  or  gather  into  close  compass;  to  wrap  or  roll,  as 
  a  sail,  close  to  the  yard,  stay,  or  mast,  or  as  a  flag, 
  close  to  or  around  its  staff,  securing  it  there  by  a  gasket 
  or  line  Totten. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  furl 
  v  :  form  into  a  cylinder  by  rolling;  "Roll  up  the  cloth"  [syn: 
  {roll  up}] 




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