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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fōrçe'less, a. p. 531Having little or no force; feeble; impotent. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.Fōrçe'-mēat, n. p. 531(Cookery.) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.Fōrçe'ment, n. p. 531The act of forcing; violence committed. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint: And will you count such force-ment treachery? J. Webster.Fōr'ceps, n. p. 531A pair of pincers or tongs; an instrument for holding bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of…Fōrçe'-pŭmp, n. p. 531See FORCING-PUMP.Fōr'çer, n. p. 531One who, or that which, forces or drives; specifically, the solid piston of a pump; the instrument by which water is driven up a pump.Fōr'çi-ble, a. p. 531Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive. How forcible are right words! Job vi. 25. Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when…Fōr'çi-ble-fee'ble, a. p. 531Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Aytoun] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N.…Fōr'çi-ble-ness, n. p. 531The quality of being forcible.Fōr'çi-bly, adv. p. 531In a forcible manner; strongly; powerfully; by violence; by constraint. To enforce these rights so forcibly withheld. Shak. The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on…Fōr'çing, n. p. 531(Gardening.) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.Fōr'çing-house, n. p. 531A hot-house for fruits, &c.Fōr'çing-pĭt, n. p. 531A frame sunk in the earth for forcing plants; a hot-bed.Fōr'çing-pŭmp, n. p. 531A kind of pump used to throw water to a distance, or to force it onward by the direct action of the piston. Its piston, unlike that of a suction pump, is solid, and it has also a side tube through…Fōr'ci-pal, a. p. 532Of the nature of forceps or pincers. [Obs.] Mechanics make use hereof in forcipal organs. Browne.Fôr'ci-pā'ted, a. p. 532Formed like a forceps, to open and inclose; as, a forcipated mouth. [Obs.] Derham.Fòr'ci-pā'tion, n. p. 532A pinching with forceps or pincers. Bacon.Fōrd, n. p. 532A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading. At the ford of Jordan, whither all flock To the Baptist. Milton. 2. A stream; a current. With water…Fōrd, v. t. p. 532To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through by wading; to wade through.Fōrd'a-ble, a. p. 532Capable of being waded or passed through on foot, as water.For-dō', v. t. p. 532To destroy; to undo; to ruin. His eldest daughters have fordone themselves, And desperately are dead. Shak. 2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. “All with weary task fordone.” Shak.For-dōne', n. p. 532Undoing; ruin. [Obs.] Spencer.For-drīve', a. p. 532Driven away. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drŭnk'en, a. p. 532Utterly drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drȳ', a. p. 532Entirely dry. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-dwīned’, a. p. 532Dwindled away; consumed; vanished. [Obs.] Chaucer.Fōre, a. p. 532Advanced in place or position; coming first, as compared with something else; toward the front; forward;—opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment. 2. Advanced in time; occurring…Fōre, adv. p. 532In advance; at the front; in the part that precedes or goes first. Fore and aft (Naut.), from one end of the vessel to the other; lengthwise of the vessel. R. H. Dana.Fōre'-ad-mōn'ish, v. t. p. 532To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.Fōre'-ad-vīse', v. t. p. 532To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event; to pre-admonish. Shak.Fōre'-al-lē'ge', v. t. p. 532To allege or cite before. [Fotherby.]Fōre'-ap-point', v. t. p. 532To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.Fōre'-ap-point'ment, n. p. 532Previous appointment; pre-ordination. Sherwood.Fōre-ār'm, v. t. p. 532To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.Fōre'-ārm, n. p. 532(Anat.) That part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.Fōre'-bāy, n. p. 532The part of a mill-race where the water flows upon the wheel.Fōre-bēar', n. p. 532Foremother; ancestress. [Obs.]Fōre'-be-lief', n. p. 532Previous belief.Fōre-bōde', v. t. p. 532To foretell; to prognosticate. 2. To be prescient of, as of some misfortune or trial; to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is to happen; to augur despondingly. My heart forebodes I…Fōre-bōde’, n. p. 532Prophecy; prognostication; presage. [Obs.] Goodwin.Fōre-bōde'ment, n. p. 532The act of foreboding.Fōre-bōd’er, n. p. 532One who forebodes; a soothsayer; a prognosticator. D’Estrange.Fōre-bōd'ing-ly, adv. p. 532In a foreboding manner.Fōre'-bŏd'y, n. p. 532(Naut.) The front part of a ship, from the mainmast to the head.Fōre'-bōw, n. p. 532The fore part of a saddle.Fōre'brāçe, n. p. 532A rope applied to the fore yard-arm, to change the position of the foresail.Fōre-bȳ′, prep. p. 532Near; hard by; fast by. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre'-căb'in, n. p. 532(Neut.) A cabin in the fore part of a ship, having inferior accommodations. Simmonds.Fōre-cȧst', v. t. p. 532To plan before execution; to contrive beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24. 2. To foresee; to provide against. It is wisdom to…Fōre-cȧst', v. i. p. 532To form a scheme previously; to contrive beforehand. “If it happen as I did forecast.” Milton.Fōre'cȧst, n. p. 532Previous contrivance or determination; pre-appointment. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison. 2. Foresight of consequences, and…Fōre-cȧst'er, n. p. 532One who forecasts.Fōre'câs-tle, n. p. 532(Naut.) (a.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (b.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck…Fōre-chōs'en, a. p. 532Pre-elected; chosen beforehand.Fōre-cit'ed, a. p. 532Cited or quoted before or above.Fōre-clōse', v. t. p. 532To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court…Fōre-clōs'ūre, n. p. 532The act or process of foreclosing; deprivation of a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. Blackstone.Fōre'-con-cēive, v. t. p. 532To preconceive. Bacon.Fōre-dāte', v. t. p. 532To date before the true time; to antedate.Fōre'deck, n. p. 532(Naut.) The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.