Chapter CLXXIX: Epilogue: Ep"i*logue, n. Etym: F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. Legend (26)

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.