FOOTFoot, 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.
FOOTFoot, 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.
FOOTBALLFoot"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.
FOOTBANDFoot"band`, n.
Defn: A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]
FOOTBATHFoot"bath`, n.
Defn: A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.
FOOTBOARDFoot"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.
FOOTBOYFoot"boy`, n.
Defn: A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.
FOOTBREADTHFoot"breadth`, n.
Defn: The breadth of a foot; — used as a measure. Longfellow.Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.
FOOTBRIDGEFoot"bridge`, n.
Defn: A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
FOOT CANDLEFoot candle. (Photom.)
Defn: The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
FOOTCLOTHFoot"cloth`, n.
Defn: Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott.
FOOTEDFoot"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.
FOOTFALLFoot"fall`, n.
Defn: A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of afootstep. Shak.Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe
FOOTFIGHTFoot"fight`, n.
Defn: A conflict by persons on foot; — distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.
FOOTGLOVEFoot"glove`, n.
Defn: A kind of stocking. [Obs.]
FOOT GUARDSFoot" Guards`, pl.
Defn: Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called theGuards. [Eng.]
FOOTHALTFoot"halt`, n.
Defn: A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
FOOTHILLFoot"hill`, n.
Defn: A low hill at the foot of highe
FOOTHOLDFoot"hold`, n.
Defn: A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
FOOTHOOKFoot"hook`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Futtock.
FOOTHOTFoot"hot`, adv.
Defn: Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower.Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.
FOOTINGFoot"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.
FOOTLESSFoot"less, a.
Defn: Having no feet.
FOOTLICKERFoot"lick`er, n.
Defn: A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak.
FOOTLIGHTFoot"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.
FOOTMANFoot"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.
FOOTMANSHIPFoot"man*ship, n.
Defn: Art or skill of a footman.
FOOTMARKFoot"mark`, n.
Defn: A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
FOOTNOTEFoot"note`, n.
Defn: A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.
FOOTPACEFoot"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.
FOOTPADFoot"pad`, n.
Defn: A highwayman or robber on foot.
FOOTPATHFoot"path`, n.; pl. Footpaths (.
Defn: A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
FOOTPLATEFoot"plate`, n. (Locomotives)
Defn: See Footboard (a).
FOOT POUNDFoot" 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 POUNDALFoot" 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.
FOOTPRINTFoot"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.
FOOTSFoots, n. pl.
Defn: The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead. Simmonds.
FOOT-SOREFoot"-sore`, a.
Defn: Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.
FOOTSTALKFoot"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.
FOOTSTALLFoot"stall`, n. Etym: [Cf. Pedestal.]
1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: The plinth or base of a pillar.
FOOTSTEPFoot"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.
FOOTSTONEFoot"stone` (; 110), n.
Defn: The stone at the foot of a grave; — opposed to headstone.
FOOTSTOOLFoot"stool`, n.
Defn: A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
FOOT TONFoot 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 VALVEFoot 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.
FOOTWAYFoot"way`, n.
Defn: A passage for pedestrians only.
FOOTWORNFoot"worn`, a.
Defn: Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.
FOOTYFoot"y, a.
1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]
2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
FOOZLEFoo"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.
FOOZLEFoo"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-DOODLEFop"-doo`dle, n.
Defn: A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.]Hudibras.
FOPLINGFop"ling, n.
Defn: A petty fop. Landor.
FOPPERYFop"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.
FOPPISHFop"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.
FORFor, 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.
FORFor, 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 oxenand 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.
FORAGEFor"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.
FORAGEFor"age, v. t.
Defn: To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.
FORAGERFor"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who forages.
FORALITEFor"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.
FORAMINATEDFo*ram"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. foraminatus.]
Defn: Having small opening, or foramina.
FORAMINIFERFor`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.
FORAMINIFEROUSFo*ram`i*nif"er*ous, a.
1. Having small openings, or foramina.
2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
FORAMINOUSFo*ram"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. foraminosus.]
Defn: Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.
FORASMUCHFor`as*much", comj.
Defn: In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; — followed by as. See under For, prep.
FORAYFor"ay, n. Etym: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]
Defn: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, anyirregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser.The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.Tennyson.
FORAYFor"ay, v. t.
Defn: To pillage; to ravage.He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.
FORAYERFor"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.
FORBADEFor*bade",
Defn: imp. of Forbid.
FORBATHEFor*bathe", v. t.
Defn: To bathe. [Obs.]
FORBEARFor*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.
FORBEARFor*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.
FORBEARANCEFor*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.
FORBEARANTFor*bear"ant, a.
Defn: Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle.
FORBEARERFor*bear"er, n.
Defn: One who forbears. Tusser.
FORBEARINGFor*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.
FORBIDFor*bid", v. i.
Defn: To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." Milton.
FORBIDDANCEFor*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.
FORBIDDENFor*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.
FORBIDDENLYFor*bid"den*ly, adv.
Defn: In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.
FORBIDDERFor*bid"der, n.
Defn: One who forbids. Milton.
FORBIDDINGFor*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.
FORBLACKFor*black", a.
Defn: Very black. [Obs.]As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer.
FORBODENFor*bo"den, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer.
FORBOREFor*bore",
Defn: imp. of Forbear.
FORBORNEFor*borne",
Defn: p. p. of Forbear.
FORBRUISEFor*bruise", v. t.
Defn: To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.
FORBYFor*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 thecity without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
FORCARVEFor*carve", v. t.
Defn: To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORCEForce, 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.
FORCEForce, 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.
FORCEForce, 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.
FORCEForce, 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.
FORCEForce, 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.
FORCEDForced, 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.
FORCEFULForce"ful, a.
Defn: Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.— Force"ful*ly, adv.Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.
FORCELESSForce"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.]
FORCEMENTForce"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.
FORCERFor"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. 2Sweet 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-FEEBLEFor"ci*ble-fee`ble, a. Etym: [From Feeble, a character in the SecondPart of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisivelyapplies 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.
FORCIBLENESSFor"ci*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being forcible.
FORCIBLYFor"ci*bly, adv.
Defn: In a forcible manner.
FORCINGFor"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).
FORCIPALFor"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; FORCIPATEDFor"ci*pate, For"ci*pa`ted, a.
Defn: Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.
FORCIPATIONFor`ci*pa"tion, n.
Defn: Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.
FORCITEFor"cite, n. [From 3d Force, n.] (Chem.)
Defn: A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
FORCUTFor*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.
FORDFord, 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 wadethrough.His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.Milton.
FORDABLEFord"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being forded.— Ford"a*ble*ness, n.
FORDLESSFord"less, a.
Defn: Without a ford.A deep and fordless river. Mallock.
FORDOFor*do", v. t. Etym: [OE. fordon, AS. ford; pref. for- + d to do. SeeFor-, 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.
FORDONEFor*done", a. Etym: [See Fordo.]
Defn: Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORDRIVEFor*drive", v. t.
Defn: To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
FORDRUNKENFor*drunk"en, a.
Defn: Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORDRYFor*dry", a.
Defn: Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry." Chaucer.
FORDWINEFor*dwine", v. i.
Defn: To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R.
FOREFore, 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.
FOREFore, adv. Etym: [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for. SeeFor, 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.
FOREFore, 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.
FOREFore, 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.
FOREFore, prep.
Defn: Before; — sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before. [Obs.]
FOREADMONISHFore`ad*mon"ish, v. t.
Defn: To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.
FOREADVISEFore`ad*vise", v. t.
Defn: To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak.
FOREALLEGEFore`al*lege", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forealleged; p. pr. & vb. n.Forealleging.]
Defn: To allege or cite before. Fotherby.
FOREAPPOINTFore`ap*point", v. t.
Defn: To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.
FOREAPPOINTMENTFore`ap*point"ment, n.
Defn: Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.
FOREARMFore*arm", v. t.
Defn: To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.
FOREARMFore"arm`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
FOREBEAMFore"beam`, n.
Defn: The breast beam of a loom.
FOREBEARFore*bear", n.
Defn: An ancestor. See Forbear.
FOREBODEFore*bode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n.Foreboding.] Etym: [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. SeeBode 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.
FOREBODEFore*bode", v. i.
Defn: To fortell; to presage; to augur.If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.
FOREBODEFore*bode", n.
Defn: Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
FOREBODEMENTFore*bode"ment, n.
Defn: The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.
FOREBODERFore*bod"er, n.
Defn: One who forebodes.
FOREBODINGFore*bod"ing, n.
Defn: Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
FOREBODINGLYFore*bod"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a foreboding manner.
FOREBRACEFore"brace`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
FOREBRAINFore"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.
FOREBYFore*by", prep. Etym: [Fore + by.]
Defn: Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.
FORECASTFore*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.
FORECASTFore*cast", v. i.
Defn: To contrive or plan beforehand.If it happen as I did forecast. Milton.
FORECASTFore"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.
FORECASTERFore*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.
FORECHOSENFore`cho"sen, a.
Defn: Chosen beforehand.
FORECITEDFore"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.
FORECLOSUREFore*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.
FORECONCEIVEFore`con*ceive", v. t.
Defn: To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.
FOREDATEFore*date", v. t.
Defn: To date before the true time; to antendate.
FOREDECKFore"deck`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.
FOREDEEMFore*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.
FOREDEEMFore*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.
FOREDESIGNFore`de*sign" ( or ), v. t.
Defn: To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
FOREDETERMINEFore`de*ter"mine, v. t.
Defn: To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.
FOREDISPOSEFore`dis*pose", v. t.
Defn: To bestow beforehand. [R.]King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop ofMeath. Fuller.
FOREDOOMFore*doom", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Foredeem.]
Defn: To doom beforehand; to predestinate.Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.
FOREDOOMFore"doom`, n.
Defn: Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.
FOREFATHERFore"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.
FOREFEELFore*feel", v. t.
Defn: To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.]As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.
FOREFENCEFore`fence", n.
Defn: Defense in front. [Obs.]
FOREFENDFore*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.
FOREFINGERFore"fin`ger, n.
Defn: The finger next to the thumb; the index.
FOREFLOWFore*flow", v. t.
Defn: To flow before. [Obs.]
FOREFOOTFore"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.
FOREFRONTFore"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.
FOREGAMEFore"game`, n.
Defn: A first game; first plan. [Obs.] Whitlock.
FOREGANGERFore"gang`er, n. Etym: [Prop., a goer before cf. G. voregänger. SeeFore, and Gang.] (Naut.)
Defn: A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer linTotten.
FOREGATHERFore*gath"er, v. i.
Defn: Same as Forgather.
FOREGIFTFore"gift`, n. (Law)
Defn: A premium paid by
FOREGLEAMFore"gleam`, n.
Defn: An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier.
FOREGOFore*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.