Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 51

Forelift (v. t.) To lift up in front.

Forelock (n.) The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

Forelock (n.) 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.

Forelook (v. i.) To look beforehand or forward.

Foremen (pl. ) of Foreman

Foreman (n.) The first or chief man

Foreman (n.) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.

Foreman (n.) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.

Foremast (n.) The mast nearest the bow.

Foremeant (a.) Intended beforehand; premeditated.

Forementioned (a.) Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned.

Foremilk (n.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

Foremost (a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

Foremostly (adv.) In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

Foremother (n.) A female ancestor.

Forename (n.) A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.

Forename (v. t.) To name or mention before.

Forenamed (a.) Named before; aforenamed.

Forenenst (prep.) Over against; opposite to.

Fore-night (n.) The evening between twilight and bedtime.

Forenoon (n.) The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Forenotice (n.) Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning.

Forensal (a.) Forensic.

Forensic (a.) 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 (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Forensical (a.) Forensic.

Foreordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

Foreordinate (v. t.) To foreordain.

Foreordination (n.) Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

Fore part (n.) Alt. of Forepart

Forepart (n.) The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

Forepast (a.) Bygone.

Forepossessed (a.) Holding or held formerly in possession.

Forepossessed (a.) Preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.

Foreprize (v. t.) To prize or rate beforehand.

Forepromised (a.) Promised beforehand; preengaged.

Forequoted (a.) Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.

Foreran () imp. of Forerun.

Forerank (n.) The first rank; the front.

Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.

Foreread (v. t.) To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine.

Forerecited (a.) Named or recited before.

Foreremembered (a.) Called to mind previously.

Foreright (a.) Ready; directly forward; going before.

Foreright (adv.) Right forward; onward.

Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

Forerun (v. t.) To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.

Forerunner (n.) 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.

Forerunner (n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.

Forerunner (n.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.

Foresaid (a.) Mentioned before; aforesaid.

Foresail (n.) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.

Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

Foresay (v. t.) To foretell.

Foresee (v. t.) To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

Foresee (v. t.) To provide.

Foresee (v. i.) To have or exercise foresight.

Foreseen (p. p.) Provided; in case that; on condition that.

Foreseer (n.) One who foresees or foreknows.

Foreseize (v. t.) To seize beforehand.

Foreshadow (v. t.) To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure.

Foreshew (v. t.) See Foreshow.

Foreship (n.) The fore part of a ship.

Foreshorten (v. t.) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

Foreshorten (v. t.) Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

Foreshortening (n.) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

Foreshot (n.) In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.

Foreshow (v. t.) To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.

Foreshower (n.) One who predicts.

Foreside (n.) The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

Foreside (n.) The outside or external covering.

Foresight (n.) The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.

Foresight (n.) Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.

Foresight (n.) 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.

Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.

Foresighted (a.) Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.

Foresightful (a.) Foresighted.

Foresignify (v. t.) To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.

Foreskin (n.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

Foreskirt (n.) The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.

Foreslack (v. t.) See Forslack.

Foresleeve (n.) The sleeve below the elbow.

Foreslow (v. t.) To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t.

Foreslow (v. i.) To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.

Forespeak (v. t.) See Forspeak.

Forespeak (v. t.) To foretell; to predict.

Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface.

Forespeech (n.) A preface.

Forespent (a.) Already spent; gone by; past.

Forespent (a.) See Forspent.

Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.

Forest (n.) 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.

Forest (n.) 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.

Forest (a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

Forest (v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.

Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.

Forestage (n.) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

Forestage (n.) A service paid by foresters to the king.

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