Webster's Dictionary 1913

3214

Formyl

For″myl (?), n. [Formic + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde. (b) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.

3215

Forncast

Forn‐cast″ (?), p. p. [OE. foren + cast. See Forecast.] Predestined. Chaucer.

3216

Fornical

For″ni‐cal (?), a. Relating to a fornix.

3217

Fornicate

{ For″ni‐cate (?), For″ni‐ca′ted (?) }, a. [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, -icis, an arch, vault.] 1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.2. (Bot.) Arching over; overarched. Gray.

3218

Fornicate (2)

For″ni‐cate (?), v. i. [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.] To commit fornication; to have unlawful s...

3219

Fornication

For′ni‐ca″tion (?), n. [F. fornication, L. fornicatio.] 1. Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a m...

3220

Fornicator

For″ni‐ca′tor (?), n. [F. fornicateur, OF. fornicator, from L. fornicator.] An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of f...

3221

Fornicatress

For″ni‐ca′tress (?), n. [Cf. F. fornicatrice, L. fornicatrix.] A woman guilty of fornication. Shak.

3222

Fornix

‖For″nix (?), n.; pl.Fornices (#). (Anat.) (a) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. (b) Esp., two longitudina...

3223

Forold

For‐old″ (?), a. Very old.A bear's skin, coal-black, forold. Chaucer.

3224

Forpass

For‐pass″ (?), v. t. & i. To pass by or along; to pass over. Spenser.

3225

Forpine

For‐pine″ (?), v. t. To waste away completely by suffering or torment. “Pale as a forpined ghost.” Chaucer.

3226

Forray

For″ray (? or?), v. t. [OE. forrayen. See Foray.] To foray; to ravage; to pillage.For they that morn had forrayed all the land. Fairfax.

3227

Forray (2)

For″ray, n. The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.

3228

Forrill

For″rill (?), n. [See Forel.] Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel. McElrath.

3229

Forsake

For‐sake″ (?), v. t. [imp.Forsook (?); p. p.Forsaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Forsaking.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse; for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See F...

3230

Forsaker

For‐sak″er (?), n. One who forsakes or deserts.

3231

Forsay

For‐say″ (?), v. t. [AS. forsecgan to accuse; pref. for- + secgan to say.] To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. Spenser.

3232

Forshape

For‐shape″ (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + shape, v.t.] To render misshapen. Gower.

3233

Forslack

For‐slack″ (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + slack to neglect.] To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. Spenser.

3234

Forslouthe

For‐slouth″e (?), v. t. [See For-, and Slouth.] To lose by sloth or negligence. Chaucer.

3235

Forslow

For‐slow″ (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + slow.] To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. Bacon.

3236

Forslow (2)

For‐slow″, v. i. To loiter. Shak.

3237

Forslugge

For‐slug″ge (?), v. t. [See Slug to be idle.] To lsoe by idleness or slotch. Chaucer.

3238

Forsooth

For‐sooth″ (?), adv. [AS. forsōð; for, prep. + sōð sooth, truth. See For, prep., and Sooth.] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; — formerly used as an expression of deferen...

3239

Forsooth (2)

For‐sooth″, v. t. To address respectfully with the term forsooth.The captain of the “Charles” had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him. Pepys.

3240

Forsooth (3)

For‐sooth″, n. A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.You sip so like a forsooth of the city. B. Jonson.