fou't

An 'our lim's dey am weary, fur we fou't er good fight,

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

"Right to an iota!" said the young man; -- "a reggelar cross on the breast, and a good tomahawk dig right through the skull; and a long-legg'd fellow, too, that looked as though he might have fou't old Sattan himself?"

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

Where he fou't the red-skins, and he fou't the bears

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Ye see, they fou't so close together that the keepers was afear'd to use their guns --

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

It's more than quietness, seemin 'to say, for all he loved his life and fou't so hard out thar', ter lose his own at last -- givin 'or losin', he never missed o 'naught! he never missed o' naught!

Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

"Ain't been so busy in a long time," said he, turning over his victim with his foot; "that fellow fou't beautiful; if he's a specimen of the Choctaws that live in these parts, they are screamers; the infernal sarpents! the d---- d possums!"

The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports 1854

Lord bless you, major, who'd ha 'thought to see you in these parts; and jest mounted too, for all natur, as if the war was to be fou't over ag'in.

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845

"Well, now, it's mighty strange that you should ha 'fou't with us and not agin us," responded Joel Sparkman.

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845

Mr. Macnab says he's true blue, major, and fou't at Camden, when General Gates run so hard to ` bring the d — d militia back. '

The Wigwam and the Cabin 1845

Mr. Macnab says he's true blue, major, and fou't at Camden, when General Gates run so hard to 'bring the d-- d militia back.'

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845