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1. (Anat.)
Defn: The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. Milton.
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; — used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. Berkeley.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; — used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. Walpole.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters.
8. (Mil.)
Defn: Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." Milton.
9. (Pros.)
Defn: A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
10. (Naut.)
Defn: The lower edge of a sail.
Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. Foot artillery. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. Farrow. — Foot bank (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. — Foot barracks (Mil.), barracks for infantery. — Foot bellows, a bellows worked by a treadle. Knight. — Foot company (Mil.), a company of infantry. Milton. — Foot gear, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. — Foot hammer (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. — Foot iron. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. — Foot jaw. (Zoöl.) See Maxilliped. — Foot key (Mus.), an organ pedal. — Foot level (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. Farrow. — Foot mantle, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] — Foot page, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] — Foot passenger, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. — Foot pavement, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. — Foot poet, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] Dryden. — Foot post. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. — Fot pound, and Foot poundal. (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot poundal, in the Vocabulary. — Foot press (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. — Foot race, a race run by persons on foot. Cowper. — Foot rail, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. — Foot rot, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. — Foot rule, a rule or measure twelve inches long. — Foot screw, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. — Foot secretion. (Zoöl.) See Sclerobase. — Foot soldier, a soldier who serves on foot. — Foot stick (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. — Foot stove, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. — Foot tubercle. (Zoöl.) See Parapodium. — Foot valve (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. — Foot vise, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. — Foot waling (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. Totten. — Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. By foot, or On foot, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. — Cubic foot. See under Cubic. — Foot and mouth disease, a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. — Foot of the fine (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b). — Square foot. See under Square. — To be on foot, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. — To keep the foot (Script.), to preserve decorum. "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God." Eccl. v. 1. — To put one's foot down, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] — To put the best foot foremost, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] — To set on foot, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. — To put, or set, one on his feet, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. — Under foot. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] "They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot." Bacon.
FOOT Foot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Footed; p. pr. & vb. n. Footing.]
1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden.
2. To walk; — opposed to ride or fly. Shak.
FOOT Foot, v. t.
1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak.
2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.] What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom Shak.
3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell.
4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; — sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
5. The size or strike with the talon. [Poet.] Shak.
6. To renew the foot of, as of stocking. Shak. To foot a bill, to pay it. [Colloq.] — To foot it, to walk; also, to dance. If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.
FOOTBALL Foot"ball`, n.
Defn: An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.
2. The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.
FOOTBAND Foot"band`, n.
Defn: A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]
FOOTBATH Foot"bath`, n.
Defn: A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.
FOOTBOARD Foot"board`, n.
1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.
3. A treadle.
FOOTBOY Foot"boy`, n.
Defn: A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.
FOOTBREADTH Foot"breadth`, n.
Defn: The breadth of a foot; — used as a measure. Longfellow. Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.
FOOTBRIDGE Foot"bridge`, n.
Defn: A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
FOOT CANDLE Foot candle. (Photom.)
Defn: The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
FOOTCLOTH Foot"cloth`, n.
Defn: Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott.
FOOTED Foot"ed, a.
1. Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot. "Footed like a goat." Grew.
Note: Footed is often used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) feet; as, fourfooted beasts.
2. Having a foothold; established. Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak.
FOOTFALL Foot"fall`, n.
Defn: A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe
FOOTFIGHT Foot"fight`, n.
Defn: A conflict by persons on foot; — distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.
FOOTGLOVE Foot"glove`, n.
Defn: A kind of stocking. [Obs.]
FOOT GUARDS Foot" Guards`, pl.
Defn: Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]
FOOTHALT Foot"halt`, n.
Defn: A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
FOOTHILL Foot"hill`, n.
Defn: A low hill at the foot of highe
FOOTHOLD Foot"hold`, n.
Defn: A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
FOOTHOOK Foot"hook`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Futtock.
FOOTHOT Foot"hot`, adv.
Defn: Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower. Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.
FOOTING Foot"ing, n.
1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder.
2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.
3. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.
4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak.
5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
9. (Arch. & Enging.)
Defn: The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. — To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. — Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof.
FOOTLESS Foot"less, a.
Defn: Having no feet.
FOOTLICKER Foot"lick`er, n.
Defn: A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak.
FOOTLIGHT Foot"light`, n.
Defn: One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; — hence, in the capacity of an actor.
FOOTMAN Foot"man, n.; pl. Footmen (.
1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
2. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
3. Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner. Prior.
4. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A moth of the family Lithosidæ; — so called from its livery- like colors.
FOOTMANSHIP Foot"man*ship, n.
Defn: Art or skill of a footman.
FOOTMARK Foot"mark`, n.
Defn: A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
FOOTNOTE Foot"note`, n.
Defn: A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.
FOOTPACE Foot"pace`, n.
1. A walking pace or step.
2. A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. Shipley.
FOOTPAD Foot"pad`, n.
Defn: A highwayman or robber on foot.
FOOTPATH Foot"path`, n.; pl. Footpaths (.
Defn: A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
FOOTPLATE Foot"plate`, n. (Locomotives)
Defn: See Footboard (a).
FOOT POUND Foot" pound`. (Mech.)
Defn: A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.
FOOT POUNDAL Foot" pound`al. (Mech.)
Defn: A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
FOOTPRINT Foot"print`, n.
Defn: The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
FOOTROPE Foot"rope`, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; — formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
FOOTS Foots, n. pl.
Defn: The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead. Simmonds.
FOOT-SORE Foot"-sore`, a.
Defn: Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.
FOOTSTALK Foot"stalk`, n.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
3. (Mach.)
Defn: The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. Knight.
FOOTSTALL Foot"stall`, n. Etym: [Cf. Pedestal.]
1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: The plinth or base of a pillar.
FOOTSTEP Foot"step`, n.
1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. Bryant.
2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
FOOTSTONE Foot"stone` (; 110), n.
Defn: The stone at the foot of a grave; — opposed to headstone.
FOOTSTOOL Foot"stool`, n.
Defn: A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
FOOT TON Foot ton. (Mech.)
Defn: A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.
FOOT VALVE Foot valve. (Mech.)
Defn: A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.
FOOTWAY Foot"way`, n.
Defn: A passage for pedestrians only.
FOOTWORN Foot"worn`, a.
Defn: Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.
FOOTY Foot"y, a.
1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]
2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
FOOZLE Foo"zle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Foozled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foozling.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.]
Defn: To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.
She foozles all along the course. Century Mag.
FOOZLE Foo"zle, n.
1. A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq.]
2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.
FOP Fop, n. Etym: [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G. foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.]
Defn: One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
FOP-DOODLE Fop"-doo`dle, n.
Defn: A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] Hudibras.
FOPLING Fop"ling, n.
Defn: A petty fop. Landor.
FOPPERY Fop"per*y, n.; pl. Fopperies. Etym: [From Fop.]
1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. Shak.
FOPPISH Fop"pish, a.
Defn: Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Syn. — Finical; spruce; dandyish. See Finical. — Fop"pish*ly, adv. — Fop"pish*ness, n.
FOR- For- (. Etym: [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. para- away, Gr. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.]
Defn: A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.
FOR For, prep. Etym: [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. für, Icel. fyrir, Sw. för, Dan. for, adv. för, Goth. faúr, faúra, L. pro, Gr. pra-. sq. root 202. Cf. Fore, First, Foremost, Forth, Pro-.]
Defn: In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.
2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. Denham.
3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; — opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Cor. xiii. 8. It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. Dennis.
4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon.
5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Ex. xxi. 23, 24.
6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for truLocke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. Philips.
7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; — generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. Swift.
8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. Garth.
9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. Beau. & Fl. For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; — used parenthetically or independently. See under As. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. Dryden. — For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of. — For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." Shak. — For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that; seeing that; since. — For by. See Forby, adv. — For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever. — For me, or For all me, as far as regards me. — For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] T. Hook. — For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." Shak. — For thy, or Forthy Etym: [AS. for, for this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." Spenser. — For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] — "What went ye out for to see" Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4. — O for, would that I had; may there be granted; — elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." Shak. — Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." Sir M. Hale.
FOR For, conj.
1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything. And for of long that way had walkéd none, The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar. Fairfax. And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your serious and great business scant, For she with me. Shak.
2. Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before. Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. Ps. cxxxvi. 1. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Shak. For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). — For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.
Syn. — See Because.
FOR For, n.
Defn: One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; — the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it. The fors and against. those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.
FORAGE For"age (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. Shak. One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. Marshall.
2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden. Forage cap. See under Cap. — Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.
FORAGE For"age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging.]
Defn: To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. — Foraging cap, a forage cap. — Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
FORAGE For"age, v. t.
Defn: To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.
FORAGER For"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who forages.
FORALITE For"a*lite, n. Etym: [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.)
Defn: A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.
FORAMEN Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. Etym: [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
Defn: A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. — Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
FORAMINATED Fo*ram"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. foraminatus.]
Defn: Having small opening, or foramina.
FORAMINIFER For`a*min"i*fer, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the foraminifera.
FORAMINIFERA Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
FORAMINIFEROUS Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous, a.
1. Having small openings, or foramina.
2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
FORAMINOUS Fo*ram"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. foraminosus.]
Defn: Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.
FORASMUCH For`as*much", comj.
Defn: In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; — followed by as. See under For, prep.
FORAY For"ay, n. Etym: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]
Defn: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.
FORAY For"ay, v. t.
Defn: To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.
FORAYER For"ay*er ( or ), n.
Defn: One who makes or joins in a foray. They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.
FORBADE For*bade",
Defn: imp. of Forbid.
FORBATHE For*bathe", v. t.
Defn: To bathe. [Obs.]
FORBEAR For*bear", n. Etym: [See Fore, and Bear to produce.]
Defn: An ancestor; a forefather; — usually in the plural. [Scot.] "Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.
FORBEAR For*bear", v. i. [imp. Forbore (Forbare (, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] Etym: [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support.]
1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 Kinds xxii. 6.
2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii. 7.
3. To control one's self when provoked. The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. Cowper. Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.
FORBEAR For*bear", v. t.
1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety. But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.
2. To treat with consideration or indulgence. Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2.
3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser.
FORBEARANCE For*bear"ance, n.
Defn: The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.
2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goeShak.
Syn. — Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
FORBEARANT For*bear"ant, a.
Defn: Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle.
FORBEARER For*bear"er, n.
Defn: One who forbears. Tusser.
FORBEARING For*bear"ing, a.
Defn: Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. — For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
FORBID For*bid", v. t. [imp. Forbade; p. p. Forbidden (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding.] Etym: [OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbjoedha, forboedha, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.]
1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. Shak.
2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house Shak.
3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden.
4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. Shak.
5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.
Syn. — To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.
FORBID For*bid", v. i.
Defn: To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." Milton.
FORBIDDANCE For*bid"dance, n.
Defn: The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.] ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton.
FORBIDDEN For*bid"den, a.
Defn: Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, — so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
FORBIDDENLY For*bid"den*ly, adv.
Defn: In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.
FORBIDDER For*bid"der, n.
Defn: One who forbids. Milton.
FORBIDDING For*bid"ding, a.
Defn: Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
Syn. — Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. — For*bid"ding*ly, adv. — For*bid"ding*ness, n.
FORBLACK For*black", a.
Defn: Very black. [Obs.] As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer.
FORBODEN For*bo"den, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer.
FORBORE For*bore",
Defn: imp. of Forbear.
FORBORNE For*borne",
Defn: p. p. of Forbear.
FORBRUISE For*bruise", v. t.
Defn: To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.] All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.
FORBY For*by", adv. & prep. Etym: [See Foreby.]
Defn: Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.] To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer. To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
FORCARVE For*carve", v. t.
Defn: To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORCE Force, v. t. Etym: [See Farce to stuff.]
Defn: To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.] Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
FORCE Force, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fors, foss, Dan. fos.]
Defn: A waterfall; a cascade. [Prov. Eng.] To see the falls for force of the river Kent. T. Gray.
FORCE Force, n. Etym: [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, n.]
1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. Macaulay.
2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. Which now they hold by force, and not by right. Shak.
3. Strength or power war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; — an armament; troops; warlike array; — often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation. Is Lucius general of the forces Shak.
4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. Burrill.
5. (Physics)
Defn: Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force. Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. — Catabiotic force Etym: [Gr. (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. — Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force, etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc. — Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See under Composition, Correlation, etc. — Force and arms Etym: [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. — In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. "A testament is of force after men are dead." Heb. ix. 17. — Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. — No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. "Good reasons must, of force, give place to better." Shak. — Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. — Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known.
Syn. — Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. — Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. "Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion." Nichol. Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty man. Heywood. More huge in strength than wise in works he was. Spenser. Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found Strength added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair. Milton.
FORCE Force, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forced; p. pr. & vb. n. Forcing.] Etym: [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See Force, n.]
1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
3. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon. To force their monarch and insult the court. Dryden. I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. Milton. To force a spotless virgin's chastity. Shak.
4. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; — with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc. It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor forced the steel away. Dryden. To force the tyrant from his seat by war. Sahk. Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion. Fuller.
6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] What can the church force more J. Webster.
7. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits. High on a mounting wave my head I bore, Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. Dryden.
8. (Whist)
Defn: To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
9. To provide with forces; to reënforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak.
10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.] For me, I force not argument a straw. Shak.
Syn. — To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel.
FORCE Force, v. i. [Obs. in all the senses.]
1. To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor. Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart. Spenser.
2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard. Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. Shak. I force not of such fooleries. Camden.
3. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter. It is not sufficient to have attained the name and dignity of a shepherd, not forcing how. Udall.
FORCED Forced, a.
Defn: Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. See under Draught. — Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed. — For"ced*ly, adv. — For"ced*ness, n.
FORCEFUL Force"ful, a.
Defn: Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. — Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.
FORCELESS Force"less, a.
Defn: Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.
FORCEMEAT Force"meat`, n. Etym: [Corrupt. for farce-meat, fr. F. farce stuffing. See Farce, n.] (Cookery)
Defn: Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]
FORCEMENT Force"ment, n.
Defn: The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.
FORCEPS For"ceps, n. Etym: [L. forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave. Cf. Furnace.]
1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.
FORCE PUMP Force" pump`. (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.
FORCER For"cer, n.
1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.
2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. (b) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
FORCIBLE For"ci*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential. How forcible are right words! Job. vi. 2 Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )
2. Violent; impetuous. Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. Prior.
3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. Swift. Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
Syn. — Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
FORCIBLE-FEEBLE For"ci*ble-fee`ble, a. Etym: [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet "forcible."]
Defn: Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Ayton] 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. Brit. Review.
FORCIBLENESS For"ci*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being forcible.
FORCIBLY For"ci*bly, adv.
Defn: In a forcible manner.
FORCING For"cing, n.
1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
2. (Gardening)
Defn: The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. — Forcing engine, a fire engine. — Forcing fit (Mech.), a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together. — Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc. — Forcing machine, a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. — Forcing pump. See Force pump (b).
FORCIPAL For"ci*pal, a.
Defn: Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.
FORCIPATE; FORCIPATED For"ci*pate, For"ci*pa`ted, a.
Defn: Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.
FORCIPATION For`ci*pa"tion, n.
Defn: Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.
FORCITE For"cite, n. [From 3d Force, n.] (Chem.)
Defn: A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
FORCUT For*cut", v. t.
Defn: To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORD Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.
2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.
FORD Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]
Defn: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.
FORDABLE Ford"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being forded. — Ford"a*ble*ness, n.
FORDLESS Ford"less, a.
Defn: Without a ford. A deep and fordless river. Mallock.
FORDO For*do", v. t. Etym: [OE. fordon, AS. ford; pref. for- + d to do. See For-, and Do, v. i.]
1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.
2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold. All with weary task fordone. Shak.
FORDONE For*done", a. Etym: [See Fordo.]
Defn: Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORDRIVE For*drive", v. t.
Defn: To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
FORDRUNKEN For*drunk"en, a.
Defn: Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORDRY For*dry", a.
Defn: Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry." Chaucer.
FORDWINE For*dwine", v. i.
Defn: To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R.
FORE Fore, n. Etym: [AS. f, fr. faran to go. See Fare, v. i.]
Defn: Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.
FORE Fore, adv. Etym: [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for. See For, and cf. Former, Foremost.]
1. In the part that precedes or goes first; — opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.] The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: In or towards the bows of a ship. Fore and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; — in distinction from athwart. R. H. Dana, Jr. — Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.
FORE Fore, a. Etym: [See Fore, advv.]
Defn: Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; — opposed to Ant: back or Ant: behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.
Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. — Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body. — Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. — Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. Knight. — Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. — Fore carriage. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. — Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under Sail. — Fore door. Same as Front door. — Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. — Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] — Fore end. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. — Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. — Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. — Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. — Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. — Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. — Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. — Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. — Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. — Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets. — Fore shore. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. — Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. — Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. — Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the Vocabulary. — Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. Sandys. — Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] Southey.
FORE Fore, n.
Defn: The front; hence, that which is in front; the future. At the fore (Naut.), at the fore royal masthead; — said of a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc. — To the fore. (a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore." W. Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds to the fore" Thackeray.
FORE Fore, prep.
Defn: Before; — sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before. [Obs.]
FOREADMONISH Fore`ad*mon"ish, v. t.
Defn: To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.
FOREADVISE Fore`ad*vise", v. t.
Defn: To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak.
FOREALLEGE Fore`al*lege", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forealleged; p. pr. & vb. n. Forealleging.]
Defn: To allege or cite before. Fotherby.
FOREAPPOINT Fore`ap*point", v. t.
Defn: To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.
FOREAPPOINTMENT Fore`ap*point"ment, n.
Defn: Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.
FOREARM Fore*arm", v. t.
Defn: To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.
FOREARM Fore"arm`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
FOREBEAM Fore"beam`, n.
Defn: The breast beam of a loom.
FOREBEAR Fore*bear", n.
Defn: An ancestor. See Forbear.
FOREBODE Fore*bode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreboding.] Etym: [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t.]
1. To foretell.
2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.
Syn. — To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.
FOREBODE Fore*bode", v. i.
Defn: To fortell; to presage; to augur. If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.
FOREBODE Fore*bode", n.
Defn: Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
FOREBODEMENT Fore*bode"ment, n.
Defn: The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.
FOREBODER Fore*bod"er, n.
Defn: One who forebodes.
FOREBODING Fore*bod"ing, n.
Defn: Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
FOREBODINGLY Fore*bod"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a foreboding manner.
FOREBRACE Fore"brace`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
FOREBRAIN Fore"brain`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.
FOREBY Fore*by", prep. Etym: [Fore + by.]
Defn: Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.
FORECAST Fore*cast", v. t.
1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24.
2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for. It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences. L'Estrange.
FORECAST Fore*cast", v. i.
Defn: To contrive or plan beforehand. If it happen as I did forecast. Milton.
FORECAST Fore"cast, n.
Defn: Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison.
2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation. His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp. Prescott.
FORECASTER Fore*cast"er, n.
Defn: One who forecast. Johnson.
FORECASTLE Fore"cas`tle (; sailors say , n. (Naut.) (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
FORECHOSEN Fore`cho"sen, a.
Defn: Chosen beforehand.
FORECITED Fore"cit`ed, a.
Defn: Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.
FORECLOSE Fore*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing.] Etym: [F. forclos, p.p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.]
Defn: To 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 from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. — To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. Wharton.
FORECLOSURE Fore*clo"sure, n.
Defn: The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.
FORECONCEIVE Fore`con*ceive", v. t.
Defn: To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.
FOREDATE Fore*date", v. t.
Defn: To date before the true time; to antendate.
FOREDECK Fore"deck`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.
FOREDEEM Fore*deem", v. t.
Defn: To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.
FOREDEEM Fore*deem", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Foredoom.]
Defn: To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.] Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. Genevan Test.
FOREDESIGN Fore`de*sign" ( or ), v. t.
Defn: To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
FOREDETERMINE Fore`de*ter"mine, v. t.
Defn: To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.
FOREDISPOSE Fore`dis*pose", v. t.
Defn: To bestow beforehand. [R.] King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.
FOREDOOM Fore*doom", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Foredeem.]
Defn: To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.
FOREDOOM Fore"doom`, n.
Defn: Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.
FOREFATHER Fore"fa`ther, n.
Defn: One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.
FOREFEEL Fore*feel", v. t.
Defn: To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.
FOREFENCE Fore`fence", n.
Defn: Defense in front. [Obs.]
FOREFEND Fore*fend", v. t. Etym: [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden to fend. See Fend, v. t.]
Defn: To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend. God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history. Landor. It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty. I. Taylor.
FOREFINGER Fore"fin`ger, n.
Defn: The finger next to the thumb; the index.
FOREFLOW Fore*flow", v. t.
Defn: To flow before. [Obs.]
FOREFOOT Fore"foot`, n.
1. One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; — usually written fore foot.
2. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
FOREFRONT Fore"front`, n.
Defn: Foremost part or place. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. 2 Sam. xi. 15. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp.
FOREGAME Fore"game`, n.
Defn: A first game; first plan. [Obs.] Whitlock.
FOREGANGER Fore"gang`er, n. Etym: [Prop., a goer before cf. G. voregänger. See Fore, and Gang.] (Naut.)
Defn: A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin Totten.
FOREGATHER Fore*gath"er, v. i.
Defn: Same as Forgather.
FOREGIFT Fore"gift`, n. (Law)
Defn: A premium paid by
FOREGLEAM Fore"gleam`, n.
Defn: An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light. The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier.
FOREGO Fore*go", v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone; p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.] Etym: [See Forgo.]
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert.
2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; — said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. Milton. Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. Keble. [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. R. L. Stevenson.
Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.
FOREGO Fore*go", v. t. Etym: [AS. foregan; fore + gan to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See GO, v. i.]
Defn: To go before; to precede; — used especially in the present and past participles. Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.
FOREGOER Fore*go"er, n.
1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.
2. A purveyor of the king; — so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.]
FOREGOER Fore*go"er, n. Etym: [Etymologically forgoer.]
Defn: One who forbears to enjoy.
FOREGROUND Fore"ground`, n.
Defn: On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
FOREGUESS Fore*guess", v. t.
Defn: To conjecture. [Obs.]
FOREGUT Fore"gut`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o
FOREHAND Fore"hand`, n.
1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.
2. The chief or most important part. Shak.
3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king. Shak.
FOREHAND Fore"hand`, a.
Defn: Done beforehand; anticipative. And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.
FOREHANDED Fore"hand`ed, a.
1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." Jer. Taylor.
2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer. [U.S.]
3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts. A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. Dryden.
FOREHEAD Fore"head, n.
1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
2. The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak.
3. The front or fore part of anything. Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton. So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action. Shak.
FOREHEAR Fore*hear", v. i. & t.
Defn: To hear beforehand.
FOREHEARTH Fore"hearth`, n. (Metal.)
Defn: The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
FOREHEND Fore*hend", v. t.
Defn: See Forhend. [Obs.]
FOREHEW Fore*hew", v. t.
Defn: To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.
FOREHOLD Fore"hold`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The forward part of the hold of a ship.
FOREHOLDING Fore*hold"ing, n.
Defn: Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
FOREHOOK Fore"hook`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
FOREIGN For"eign, a. Etym: [OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras, foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door. See Door, and cf. Foreclose, Forfeit, Forest, Forum.]
1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. "Foreign worlds." Milton.
2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.
3. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; — with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature. This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts. Swift.
4. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [Obs.] Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, That he ran mad and died. Shak. Foreign attachment (Law), a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, effects, or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person; — called in some States trustee, in others factorizing, and in others garnishee process. Kent. Tomlins. Cowell. — Foreign bill, a bill drawn in one country, and payable in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is one drawn and payable in the same country. In this latter, as well as in several other points of view, the different States of the United States are foreign to each other. See Exchange, n., 4. Kent. Story. — Foreign body (Med.), a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong, and usually introduced from without. — Foreign office, that department of the government of Great Britain which has charge British interests in foreign countries.
Syn. — Outlandish; alien; exotic; remote; distant; extraneous; extrinsic.
FOREIGNER For"eign*er, n.
Defn: A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift.
FOREIGNISM For"eign*ism, n.
Defn: Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom. It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms. Fitzed. Hall.
FOREIGNNESS For"eign*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.
FOREIN For"ein, a.
Defn: Foreign. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOREJUDGE Fore*judge", v. t. Etym: [Fore + judge.]
Defn: To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.
FOREJUDGE Fore*judge", v. t. Etym: [For forjudge, fr. F. forjuger; OF. fors outside, except + F. juger to judge.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.
FOREJUDGER Fore*judg"er, n. (Eng. Law)
Defn: A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.
FOREJUDGMENT Fore*judg"ment, n.
Defn: Prejudgment. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREKNOW Fore*know", v. t. [imp. Foreknew; p. p. Foreknown; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing.]
Defn: To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.
FOREKNOWABLE Fore*know"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.
FOREKNOWER Fore*know"er, n.
Defn: One who foreknows.
FOREKNOWINGLY Fore*know"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With foreknowledge. He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor.
FOREKNOWLEDGE Fore*knowl"edge, n.
Defn: Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
FOREL For"el, n. Etym: [OE. forelcase, sheath, OF. forel, fourel, F. fourreau, LL. forellus, fr. OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, akin to Goth. fodr; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur, Fodder food.]
Defn: A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.
FOREL For"el, v. t.
Defn: To bind with a forel. [R.] Fuller.
FORELAND Fore"land`, n.
1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.
3. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Defn: That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.
FORELAY Fore*lay", v. t.
1. To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.
2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs.]
FORELEADER Fore*lead"er, n.
Defn: One who leads others by his example; aguide.
FORELEND Fore*lend", v. t.
Defn: See Forlend. [Obs.] As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spenser.
FORELET Fore*let", v. t.
Defn: See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland.
FORELIE Fore*lie", v. i.
Defn: To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.
FORELIFT Fore*lift", v. t.
Defn: To lift up in front. [Obs.]
FORELOCK Fore"lock`, n.
1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. — Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. — To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.
FORELOOK Fore*look", v. i.
Defn: To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREMAN Fore"man, n.; pl. Foremen (.
Defn: The 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 overseer.
FOREMAST Fore"mast`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.
FOREMEANT Fore*meant", a.
Defn: Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREMENTIONED Fore"men`tioned, a.
Defn: Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.
FOREMILK Fore"milk`, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.
FOREMOST Fore"most`, a. Etym: [OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.]
Defn: First in time or 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.
FOREMOSTLY Fore"most`ly, adv.
Defn: In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.
FOREMOTHER Fore"moth`er, n.
Defn: A female ancestor.
FORENAME Fore"name`, n.
Defn: A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.
FORENAME Fore"name`, v. t.
Defn: To name or mention before. Shak.
FORENAMED Fore"named`, a.
Defn: Named before; aforenamed.
FORENDIHAZ Fö"ren*di*ház`, n. [Hung., lit., House of Lords.] (Hungary)
Defn: See Legislature.
FORENENST Fore*nenst", prep. Etym: [See Fore, and Anent.]
Defn: Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic] The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax.
FORE-NIGHT Fore"-night`, n.
Defn: The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]
FORENOON Fore"noon", n.
Defn: The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.
FORENOTICE Fore"no`tice, n.
Defn: Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning. [R.] Rymer.
FORENSAL Fo*ren"sal, a.
Defn: Forensic. [R.]
FORENSIC Fo*ren"sic, a. Etym: [L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See Forum.]
Defn: Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.
FORENSIC Fo*ren"sic, n. (Amer. Colleges)
Defn: An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
FORENSICAL Fo*ren"sic*al, a.
Defn: Forensic. Berkley.
FOREORDAIN Fore`or*dain", v. t.
Defn: To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.
FOREORDINATE Fore*or"di*nate, v. t.
Defn: To foreordain.
FOREORDINATION Fore*or`di*na"tion, n.
Defn: Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
FORE PART; FOREPART Fore" part`, or; Fore"part`, n.
Defn: The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.
FOREPAST Fore"past`, a.
Defn: Bygone. [Obs.] Shak.
FOREPOSSESSED Fore`pos*sessed", a.
1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]
2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. [Obs.] Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
FOREPRIZE Fore*prize", v. t.
Defn: To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.
FOREPROMISED Fore`prom"ised, a.
Defn: Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall.
FOREQUOTED Fore"quot`ed, a.
Defn: Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
FORERAN Fore*ran",
Defn: imp. of Forerun.
FORERANK Fore"rank`, n.
Defn: The first rank; the front.
FOREREACH Fore*reach", v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To advance or gain upon; — said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
FOREREACH Fore*reach", v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. R. H. Dana, Jr.
FOREREAD Fore*read", v. t.
Defn: To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORERECITED Fore`re*cit"ed, a.
Defn: Named or recited before. "The forerecited practices." Shak.
FOREREMEMBERED Fore`re*mem"bered, a.
Defn: Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu.
FORERIGHT Fore"right`, a.
Defn: Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind." Chapman.
FORERIGHT Fore"right`, adv.
Defn: Right forward; onward. [Obs.]
FORERUN Fore*run", v. t.
1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
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 kings. Shak.
FORERUNNER Fore*run"ner, n.
1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.
2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of rag terminating the log line.
FORESAID Fore"said`, a.
Defn: Mentioned before; aforesaid.
FORESAIL Fore"sail`, n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.
FORESAY Fore*say", v. t. Etym: [AS. foresecgan; fore + secgan to say. See Say, v. t.]
Defn: To foretell. [Obs.] Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax.
FORESEE Fore*see", v. t. Etym: [AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See See, v. t.]
1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.
2. To provide. [Obs.] Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon.
FORESEE Fore*see", v. i.
Defn: To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
FORESEEN Fore*seen", conj.
Defn: , or (strictly) p. p. Provided; 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. Sir T. Elyot.
FORESEER Fore*se"er, n.
Defn: One who foresees or foreknows.
FORESEIZE Fore*seize", v. t.
Defn: To seize beforehand.
FORESHADOW Fore*shad"ow, v. t.
Defn: To shadow or typi Dryden.
FORESHEW Fore*shew", v. t.
Defn: See Foreshow.
FORESHIP Fore"ship`, n.
Defn: The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]
FORESHORTEN Fore*short"en, v. t.
1. (Fine Art)
Defn: To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
FORESHORTENING Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
FORESHOT Fore"shot`, n.
Defn: In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.
FORESHOW Fore*show", v. t. Etym: [AS. foresceáwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceáwian to see. See Show, v. t.]
Defn: To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham.
FORESHOWER Fore*show"er, n.
Defn: One who predicts.
FORESIDE Fore"side, n.
1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.
FORESIGHT Fore"sight`, n.
1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.
2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought. This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton. A random expense, without plan or foresight. Burke.
3. (Surv.)
Defn: Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
4. (Gun.)
Defn: Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
FORESIGHTED Fore"sight`ed, a.
Defn: Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.
FORESIGHTFUL Fore"sight`ful, a.
Defn: Foresighted. [Obs.]
FORESIGNIFY Fore*sig"ni*fy, v. t.
Defn: To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton.
FORESKIN Fore"skin, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
FORESKIRT Fore"skirt`, n.
Defn: The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak.
FORESLACK Fore*slack", v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Forslack.
FORESLEEVE Fore"sleeve`, n.
Defn: The sleeve below the elbow.
FORESLOW Fore*slow", v. t. Etym: [See Forslow.]
Defn: To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t. No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace. Fairfax.
FORESLOW Fore*slow", v. i.
Defn: To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.
FORESPEAK Fore*speak", v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Forspeak.
FORESPEAK Fore*speak", v. t.
Defn: To foretell; to predict. [Obs.] My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl.
FORESPEAKING Fore"speak`ing, n.
Defn: A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.
FORESPEECH Fore"speech`, n.
Defn: A preface. [Obs.] Sherwood.
FORESPENT Fore*spent", a. Etym: [Fore + spent.]
Defn: Already spent; gone by; past. [Obs.] Shak.
FORESPENT Fore*spent", a. [Obs.]
Defn: See Forspent.
FORESPURRER Fore*spur"rer, n.
Defn: One who rides before; a harbinger. [Obs.] Shak.
FOREST For"est, n. Etym: [OF. forest, F. forêt, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See Foreign.]
1. An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
2. (Eng. Law)
Defn: A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. Burrill.
FOREST For"est, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. Forest fly. (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidæ, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly. (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick. — Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest. Thomson. — Forest laws, laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests. — Forest tree, a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.
FOREST For"est, v. t.
Defn: To cover with trees or wood.
FORESTAFF Fore"staff`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; — called also cross- staff. Brande & C.
FORESTAGE For"est*age, n. Etym: [Cf. F. forestage.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. (b) A service paid by foresters to the king.
FORESTAL For"est*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
FORESTALL Fore*stall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forestalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling.] Etym: [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See Fore, and Stall.]
1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton.
2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. Fairfax. But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. Spenser. To be forestalled ere we come to fall. Shak. Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. Rush.
3. To deprive; — with of. [R.] All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak.
4. (Eng. Law)
Defn: To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. Burrill.
Syn. — To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
FORESTALLER Fore*stall"er, n.
Defn: One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.
FORESTAY Fore"stay`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
FORESTER For"est*er, n. Etym: [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
FORESTICK Fore"stick`, n.
Defn: Front stick of a hearth fire.
FORESTRY For"est*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. foresterie.]
Defn: The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
FORESWART; FORESWART Fore"swart`, Fore"swart`, a. [Obs.]
Defn: See Forswat.
FORETASTE Fore"taste`, n.
Defn: A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
FORETASTE Fore*taste", v. t.
1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
2. To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." Milton.
FORETASTER Fore"tast`er ( or ), n.
Defn: One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
FORETEACH Fore*teach", v. t.
Defn: To teach beforehand. [Obs.]
FORETELL Fore*tell", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling.]
Defn: To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.
Syn. — To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
FORETELL Fore*tell", v. i.
Defn: To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.
FORETELLER Fore*tell"er, n.
Defn: One who predicts. Boyle.
FORETHINK Fore*think", v. t.
1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.] The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. Shak.
2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
FORETHINK Fore*think", v. i.
Defn: To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
FORETHOUGHT Fore"thought`, a.
Defn: Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
FORETHOUGHT Fore"thought`, n.
Defn: A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.
FORETHOUGHTFUL Fore"thought`ful, a.
Defn: Having forethought. [R.]
FORETIME Fore"time`, n.
Defn: The past; the time before the present. "A very dim foretime." J. C. Shairp.
FORETOKEN Fore"to`ken, n. Etym: [AS. foretacen. See Token.]
Defn: Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney.
FORETOKEN Fore*to"ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretokened; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretokening.] Etym: [AS. foretacnian; fore + tacnian.]
Defn: To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.
FORE TOOTH Fore" tooth`, pl. Fore teeth (. (Anat.)
Defn: One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
FORETOP Fore"top`, n.
1. The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.
2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: The platform at the head of the foremast.
FORE-TOPGALLANT Fore`-top*gal"lant ( or ), a. (Naut.)
Defn: Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.
FORE-TOPMAST Fore`-top"mast, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.
FORE-TOPSAIL Fore`-top"sail ( or ), n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Sail.
FOREVER For*ev"er, adv. Etym: [For, prep. + ever.]
1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
2. At all times; always.
Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of them. Forever and ever, an emphatic "forever."
Syn. — Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally.
FOREVOUCHED Fore*vouched", a.
Defn: Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [R.] Shak.
FOREWARD Fore"ward`, n.
Defn: The van; the front. [Obs.] My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.
FOREWARN Fore*warn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forewarned; p. pr. & vb. n. Forewarning.]
Defn: To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.
FOREWASTE Fore*waste", v. t.
Defn: See Forewaste. Gascoigne.
FOREWEND Fore*wend", v. t. Etym: [Fore + wend.]
Defn: To go before. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREWISH Fore*wish", v. t.
Defn: To wish beforehand.
FOREWIT Fore"wit`, n.
1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.
2. Foresight; prudence. Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell.
FOREWITE Fore*wite", v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. Forewot, 2d person Forewost (, pl. Forewiten (; imp. sing. Forewiste, pl. Forewisten (; p. pr. & vb. n. Forewiting.] Etym: [AS. forewitan. See Wit to know.]
Defn: To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] Chaucer.
FOREWOMAN Fore"wom`an, n.; pl. Forewomen (.
Defn: A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant.
FOREWORD Fore"word`, n.
Defn: A preface. Furnvall.
FOREWORN Fore*worn", a. Etym: [See Forworn.]
Defn: Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.
FOREWOT Fore*wot", pres. indic.
Defn: , 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOREYARD Fore"yard`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Note: [See Illust. of Ship.]
FORFALTURE For"fal*ture, n.
Defn: Forfeiture. [Obs.]
FORFEIT For"feit, n. Etym: [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p.p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See Foreign, and FAct.]
1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.] To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. Ld. Berners.
2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. Shak.
3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; — whence the game of forfeits. Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. Goldsmith.
FORFEIT For"feit, a. Etym: [F. forfait, p.p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n.]
Defn: Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak. To tread the forfeit paradise. Emerson.
FORFEIT For"feit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Forfeiting.] Etym: [OE. forfeten. See Forfeit, n.]
Defn: To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; — with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. [They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. Burke. Undone and forfeited to cares forever! Shak.
FORFEIT For"feit, v. i.
1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.]
2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.
FORFEIT For"feit, p. p. or a.
Defn: In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak. Once more I will renew His lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton.
FORFEITABLE For"feit*a*ble, a.
Defn: Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone.
FORFEITER For"feit*er, n.
Defn: One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
FORFEITURE For"fei*ture, n. Etym: [F. forfeiture, LL. forisfactura.]
1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act. Under pain of foreiture of the said goods. Hakluyt.
2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct. What should I gain By the exaction of the forfeiture Shak.
Syn. — Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.
FORFEND For*fend", v. t. Etym: [Pref. for- + fend. See Forewend.]
Defn: To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic] Which peril heaven forefend! Shak.
Note: This is etymologically the preferable spelling.
FORFERED For*fer"ed, p. p. & a. Etym: [See For-, and Fear.]
Defn: Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [Obs.] "Forfered of his death." Chaucer.
FORFETE For"fete, v. i. Etym: [See Forfeit.]
Defn: To incur a penalty; to transgress. [Obs.] And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. Chaucer.
FORFEX For"fex, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A pair of shears. Pope.
FORFICATE For"fi*cate, a. Etym: [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
FORFICULA For*fic"u*la, n. Etym: [L., small shears, scissors, dim. of forfex shears.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.
FORGATHER For*gath"er, v. i.
Defn: To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.
FORGAVE For*gave",
Defn: imp. of Forgive.
FORGE Forge, n. Etym: [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. Fabric.]
1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.
2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.] In the greater bodies the forge was easy. Bacon. American forge, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. — Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan. — Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. — Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. — Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. — Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
FORGE Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged; p. pr. & vb. n. Forging.] Etym: [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate.]
1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal. Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. Shak.
2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent. Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. Locke. Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. Tennyson.
3. To coin. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document. That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you. Hudibras. Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. Macaulay.
Syn. — To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
FORGE Forge, v. i. Etym: [See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. Forge compel.]
1. To commit forgery.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; — used especially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten. And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. De Quincey.
FORGE Forge, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
FORGEMAN Forge"man, n.; pl. Forgemen (.
Defn: A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.
FORGER For"ger, n.Etym: [Cf. F. forgeur metal worker, L. fabricator artificer. See Forge, n. & v. t., and cf. Fabricator.]
Defn: One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
2. Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.
FORGERY For"ger*y, n.; pl. Forgeries. Etym: [Cf. F. forgerie.]
1. The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.] Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear. Milton.
2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond. Bouvier.
3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited. These are the forgeries of jealously. Shak. The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of the second century. Waterland.
Syn. — Counterfeit; Forgery. Counterfeit is chiefly used of imitations of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness. Forgery is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity. Abbott.
FORGET For*get", v. t. [imp. Forgot (Forgat (, Obs.); p. p. Forgotten, Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] Etym: [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. förgäta, Dan. forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t.]
1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2. Let y right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. Hath thy knee forget to bow Shak.
2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. Can a woman forget her sucking child . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Is. xlix. 15. To forget one's self. (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.
FORGETFUL For*get"ful, a.
1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2.
3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine." J. Webster.
FORGETFULLY For*get"ful*ly, adv.
Defn: In a forgetful manner.
FORGETFULNESS For*get"ful*ness, n.
1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope.
3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
Syn. — Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.