Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Foreshower

Fore‐show″er (?), n. One who predicts.

3026

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.

3027

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.Thi...

3028

Foresighted

Fore″sight′ed (?), a. Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.

3029

Foresightful

Fore″sight′ful (?), a. Foresighted.

3030

Foresignify

Fore‐sig″ni‐fy (?), v. t. To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton.

3031

Foreskin

Fore″skin (?), n.(Anat.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

3032

Foreskirt

Fore″skirt′ (?), n. The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.Honor's trainIs longer than his foreskirt. Shak.

3033

Foreslack

Fore‐slack″ (?), v. t. See Forslack.

3034

Foresleeve

Fore″sleeve′ (?), n. The sleeve below the elbow.

3035

Foreslow

Fore‐slow″ (?), v. t. [See Forslow.] To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. See Forslow, v. t.No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslowTheir hasty pace. Fairfax.

3036

Foreslow (2)

Fore‐slow″, v. i. To loiter. See Forslow, v. i.

3037

Forespeak

Fore‐speak″ (?), v. t. See Forspeak.

3038

Forespeak (2)

Fore‐speak″, v. t. To foretell; to predict.My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl.

3039

Forespeaking

Fore″speak′ing, n. A prediction; also, a preface. Camden. Huloet.

3040

Forespeech

Fore″speech′ (?), n. A preface. Sherwood.

3041

Forespent

Fore‐spent″ (?), a. [Fore + spent.] Already spent; gone by; past. Shak.

3042

Forespent (2)

Fore‐spent″, a. See Forspent.

3043

Forespurrer

Fore‐spur″rer (?), n. One who rides before; a harbinger. Shak.

3044

Forest

For″est (?), n. [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...

3045

Forest (2)

For″est, a. 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...

3046

Forest (3)

For″est, v. t. To cover with trees or wood.

3047

Forestaff

Fore″staff′ (?), n.(Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; — called also cross-staff. Brande & C.

3048

Forestage

For″est‐age (?), n. [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.

3049

Forestal

For″est‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

3050

Forestall

Fore‐stall″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Forestalled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Forestalling.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them ...

3051

Forestaller

Fore‐stall″er (?), n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.