Forcut For·cut" transitive verb To cut completely; to cut off. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Ford Ford (fōrd) noun [ Anglo-Saxon ford ; akin to German furt , Icelandic fjörðr bay, and to English fare . √ 78. See Fare , intransitive verb , and confer Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be 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 Stygian ford .

Dryden.

Ford Ford transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forded ; present participle & verbal noun Fording .] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.

His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted .

Milton.

Fordable Ford"a·ble adjective Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness , noun

Fordless Ford"less adjective Without a ford.

A deep and fordless river.

Mallock.

Fordo For·do" transitive verb [ Middle English fordon , Anglo-Saxon ford...n ; prefix for- + d...n to do. See For- , and Do , intransitive verb ] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [ Obsolete]

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.

Fordone For·done" adjective [ See Fordo .] Undone; ruined. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Fordrive For·drive" transitive verb To drive about; to drive here and there. [ Obsolete] Rom. of R.

Fordrunken For·drunk"en adjective Utterly drunk; very drunk. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Fordry For·dry" adjective Entirely dry; withered. [ Obsolete] "A tree fordry ." Chaucer.

Fordwine For·dwine" intransitive verb To dwindle away; to disappear. [ Obsolete] Rom of R.

Fore Fore noun [ Anglo-Saxon f...r , from faran to go. See Fare , intransitive verb ] Journey; way; method of proceeding. [ Obsolete] "Follow him and his fore ." Chaucer.

Fore Fore adverb [ Anglo-Saxon fore , adverb & preposition , another form of for . See For , and confer Former , Foremost .] 1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft , after , back , behind , etc.

2. Formerly; previously; afore. [ Obsolete or Colloq.]

The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.

Shak.

3. (Nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Fore and aft (Nautical) , from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart . R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Fore-and-aft rigged (Nautical) , 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 .

Fore Fore adjective [ See Fore , adverb ] 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 back or 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.

» 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, distinguished from middle body and 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 (Nautical) , 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 (Nautical) , 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. [ Obsolete] Hales. -- Fore rent , in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Nautical) , 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 (Nautical) , the tackle on the foremast of a ship. -- Fore topmast . (Nautical) See Fore-topmast , in the Vocabulary. - - Fore wind , a favorable wind. [ Obsolete]

Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.

Sandys.

-- Fore world , the antediluvian world. [ R.] Southey.

Fore Fore noun The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

At the fore (Nautical) , 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.

Fore Fore preposition Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before . [ Obsolete]

Fore part, Forepart Fore" part`, Fore"part` noun The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

Fore tooth Fore" tooth` plural Fore teeth (Anat.) One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

Fore-night Fore"-night` noun The evening between twilight and bedtime. [ Scot.]

Fore-topgallant Fore`-top·gal"lant adjective (Nautical) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail .

Fore-topmast Fore`-top"mast noun (Nautical) 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 noun (Nautical) See Sail .

Foreadmonish Fore`ad·mon"ish transitive verb To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.

Foreadvise Fore`ad·vise" transitive verb To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak.

Foreallege Fore`al·lege" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forealleged ; present participle & verbal noun Forealleging .] To allege or cite before. Fotherby.

Foreappoint Fore`ap·point" transitive verb To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.

Foreappointment Fore`ap·point"ment noun Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.

Forearm Fore·arm" transitive verb To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.

Forearm Fore"arm` noun (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Forebeam Fore"beam` noun The breast beam of a loom.

Forebear Fore·bear" noun An ancestor. See Forbear .

Forebode Fore·bode" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Foreboded ; present participle & verbal noun Foreboding .] [ Anglo-Saxon forebodian ; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode transitive verb ] 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.

Forebode Fore·bode" intransitive verb To foretell; to presage; to augur.

If I forebode aright.

Hawthorne.

Forebode Fore·bode" noun Prognostication; presage. [ Obsolete]

Forebodement Fore·bode"ment noun The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

Foreboder Fore·bod"er noun One who forebodes.

Foreboding Fore·bod"ing noun Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Forebodingly Fore·bod"ing·ly adverb In a foreboding manner.

Forebrace Fore"brace` noun (Nautical) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Forebrain Fore"brain` noun (Anat.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain .

Foreby Fore·by" preposition [ Fore + by .] Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby . Spenser.

Forecast Fore·cast" transitive verb 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.

Forecast Fore·cast" intransitive verb To contrive or plan beforehand.

If it happen as I did forecast .

Milton.

Forecast Fore"cast noun 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.

Forecaster Fore·cast"er noun One who forecast. Johnson.

Forecastle Fore"cas`tle noun (Nautical) (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.

Forechosen Fore`cho"sen adjective Chosen beforehand.

Forecited Fore"cit`ed adjective Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.

Foreclose Fore·close" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Foreclosed ; present participle & verbal noun Foreclosing .] [ French forclos , past participle of forclore to exclude; Old French fors , French hors , except, outside (fr. Latin foris outside) + French clore to close. See Foreign , and Close , transitive verb ] 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.

Foreclosure Fore·clo"sure noun The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

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