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four
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
2. a numeral, 4, IV, etc., representing this number
3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
4. Cricket
a. a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
b. the four runs scored for such a shot
5. Rowing
a. a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
b. the crew of such a shell


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Furthermore, lines two and three, four and five, six and seven, have the same tones on the even syllables.
Dear children,' said a poor man to his four sons, 'I have nothing to give you; you must go out into the wide world and try your luck.
There was a round score of muskets for the seven of us; the firewood had been built into four piles--tables, you might say--one about the middle of each side, and on each of these tables some ammunition and four loaded muskets were laid ready to the hand of the defenders.
 
 
 
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