different between furtle vs furile
furtle
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??tl/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t?l
Noun
furtle (plural furtles)
- (chiefly Britain) A cursory examination of the contents or details of something.
- 2005, Chloe Richards, Oops!, ?ISBN, p. 226 (Google preview):
- Then he looked back at his glossy, had a furtle with something in his pocket, and then looked back at me.
- 2008, Iain M. Banks, Matter, ?ISBN, ch. 8 (Google preview):
- “Let me just have a quick furtle.” He dug his hand elbow-deep into the bag.
- 2010, Stanley Challenger Graham, Stanley's View, Volume 6, ?ISBN, (Google preview):
- It was so unusual that I went for another furtle in the 1881 census to find her family.
- 2005, Chloe Richards, Oops!, ?ISBN, p. 226 (Google preview):
Verb
furtle (third-person singular simple present furtles, present participle furtling, simple past and past participle furtled)
- (chiefly Britain, intransitive) To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively.
- 2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy, ?ISBN, (Google preview):
- A burly mechanic wheeled in a bright yellow battery charger on a trolley, furtled under the bonnet and gave the car the full benefit of its volts.
- 2008, Peter Helton, Rainstone Fall, ?ISBN, (Google preview):
- Needham was already half-heartedly furtling about in the kitchen, opening cupboards without bothering to search them, letting his left hand trail over objects as though he was thinking with his fleshy fingers
- 2011, Mark R. Faulkner, Flux, ?ISBN, p. 4 (Google preview):
- Furtling amongst the loose change and accumulated junk, he finally found what he was looking for.
- 2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy, ?ISBN, (Google preview):
Anagrams
- fluter
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furile
English
Alternative forms
- furil
Etymology
Blend of furfurol +? benzile
Noun
furile (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin.
Anagrams
- Fleuri, ireful
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