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favel (iou)



favel noun.ME.
[Old French fauvel, from fauve fallow-coloured: see -EL2.]
(The name of) a fallow-coloured or chestnut horse, esp. one proverbial as the type of fraud, cunning, or duplicity. Chiefly in curry favel (see CURRY verb1 1). ME-E17.
(The personification of) cunning or duplicity. LME-L16.