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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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Fōr'el, n. p. 533A kind of parchment for the cover of books.Fōr'el, v. t. p. 533To cover or bind with forel; hence, to adorn. [Obs.] Fuller.Fōre'lănd, n. p. 533A point of land extending into the sea some distance from the line of the shore; a promontory or cape; a head-land; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, in England. 2. (Fort.) A piece of ground…Fōre-lāy′, v. t. p. 533To contrive antecedently. Mede. 2. To lie in wait for; to forlay. Dryden.Fōre-lēad'er, n. p. 533One who leads others by his example.Fōre-lĕnd′, v. t. p. 533To lend or give beforehand. [Obs.] As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spencer.Fōre-lēt′, v. t. p. 533To leave to ruin; to abandon; to neglect. He had purchased those lands which ... lay neglected and forelet. Holland.Fōre-lĭft’, v. t. p. 533To raise aloft any anterior part. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre'lŏck, n. p. 533The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. 2. (Naut.) A flat piece of iron driven through the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place. Totten. To take time, or occasion, by…Fōre-lōōk’, v. i. p. 533To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre'man, n. p. 533The first or chief man; as, (a.) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. (b.) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an…Fōre'māst, n. p. 533(Naut.) The forward mast of a vessel, or the one nearest the bow.Fōre-mēant′, a. p. 533Intended beforehand. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre-mĕn'tioned, a. p. 533Mentioned before; recited or written in a former part of the same writing or discourse.Fōre'mōst, a. p. 533First in place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. That struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.Fōre'mōst-ly, adv. p. 533In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.Fōre'mōth-er, n. p. 533A female ancestor. Prideaux.Fōre'nāme, n. p. 533A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.Fōre'nāmed, a. p. 533Named or nominated before; mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.Fōre-nēnst’, prep. p. 533Over against; opposite to. [Obs.] The lands forenest the Greekish shore. Fairfax.Fōre'noon, n. p. 533The former part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon; the first part of the day.Fōre'nō-tīçe, n. p. 533Notice or information of an event before it happens. Rymer.Fo-rên'sal, a. p. 533Forensic. [Rare.]Fo-rên'sic or Fo-rên'sic-al, a. p. 533Belonging to courts of judicature or public discussion and debate; used in courts or legal proceedings, or in public discussions; appropriate to an argument; argumentative; as, a forensic term…Fōre'-or-dāin', v. t. p. 533To ordain or appoint beforehand; to pre-ordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.Fōre-ôr'di-nāte, v. t. p. 533To fore-ordain. [Rare.]Fōre-ôr'di-nā'tion, n. p. 533Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.Fōre'pārt, n. p. 533The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the anterior part; the beginning; as, the forepart of a series. “The front and forepart of his life.” South.Fōre-páss', v. t. p. 533To pass by or along. [Obs.] Shak.Fōre'-plāne, n. p. 533(Carp.) The first plane used after the saw and ax; a jack-plane. Gwilt.Fōre/pos-sĕssed', a. p. 533Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Pre-occupied; prepossessed; pre-engaged. Any rational man not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Sanderson.Fōre-prīze′, v. t. p. 533To prize or rate beforehand. Hooker.Fōre'-prōm'ised, a. p. 533Promised beforehand; pre-engaged. Bp. Hall.Fōre-quōt'ed, a. p. 533Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the work.Fōre-rān', imp. p. 533of forerun.Fōre'rānk, n. p. 533The first rank; the front. Shak.Fōre-rēach′, v. t. p. 533(Naut.) To advance or gain ground upon, as on a vessel.Fōre-rēach′, v. i. p. 533(Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. Dana.Fōre-rēad', v. t. p. 533To signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre-rēad'ing, n. p. 533Previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales.Fōre/re-cit'ed, a. p. 533Named or recited before. Shak.Fōre're-mēm'bered, a. p. 533Called to mind previously. Montagu.Fōre'-rēnt, n. p. 533Rent due before the first crop is reaped. [Scotland.]Fōre'rīght, a. p. 533Ready; forward; quick. [Obs.] Massinger.Fōre'rīght, adv. p. 533Right forward; onward. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Fōre-rŭn', v. t. p. 533To run before; to precede; to have the start of. Graunt. 2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce. These signs forerun the death or fall of…Fōre-rŭn'ner, n. p. 533A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; hence, a sign foreshowing something to follow; a prognostic; as, the forerunners of a fever. My elder brothers, my…Fōre'said, a. p. 533Mentioned before; aforesaid. [Obs.]Fōre'sail, n. p. 533(Naut.) (a.) A sail extended on the fore-yard, which is supported by the foremast. (b.) The first triangular sail before the mast of a sloop or cutter.Fōre-sāy’, v. t. p. 533To predict; to foretell; to presage; to prophesy; to prognosticate. [Obs.] Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax.Fōre-see’, v. t. p. 533To see beforehand; to see or know before occurrence; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself. Prov. xxii. 3.Fôre-see', v. i. p. 533To exercise foresight.Fōre-seen’, conj. p. 533Provided; in case that; on condition that. [Obs.] One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities with the person that eateth.…Fōre-seer', n. p. 533One who foresees or foreknows.Fōre-sēize′, v. t. p. 533To seize beforehand.Fōre-shād'ōw, v. t. p. 533To shadow or typify beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.Fōre-shew', v. t. p. 533See FORESHOW.Fōre'ship, n. p. 533The forepart of a ship. Acts xxvii. 30.Fōre-shôrt'en, v. t. p. 533(Paint.) To shorten by representing in an oblique position; to represent as seen obliquely. An arm extended toward the spectator will be foreshortened in a painting. Songs, and deeds, and lives that…Fōre-shôrt'en-ing, n. p. 533The representation or appearance, or diminution of length, of objects, when viewed obliquely. See FORESHORTEN. Dryden.