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Forerun

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

Forerunner

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.

Foresail

The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

Foresee

To have or exercise foresight.

foreseeable

being such as may reasonable be anticipated; as, foreseeable costs were well within the budget.

Foreseen

Provided; in case that; on condition that.

Foreshadow

To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure.

foreshore

the part of the seashore between the high-water and and low-water marks.

Foreshorten

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

Foreshot

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

Foreshow

To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.

Foreside

The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

Foresight

The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.

Foresighted

Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.

Foresignify

To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.

Foreskin

The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

Foreskirt

The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.

Forest

To cover with trees or wood.

Forestaff

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.

Forestage

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king.

Forestal

Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

Forestall

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

Forestaller

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.

Forestay

A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

forested

covered with forest; as, efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest.

Forester

One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Forestry

The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

Foretaste

To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.

Foretaster

One who tastes beforehand, or before another.

Forethought

A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

Foretime

The past; the time before the present.

Foretoken

To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.

Foretop

The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

Forever

Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally.

Forevouched

Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance.

Forewarn

To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.

Forewit

A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.

Forewoman

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

Forewot

pres. indic., 1st 3d pers. sing. of Forewite.

Foreyard

The lowermost yard on the foremast.

Forfeit

In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Forfeitable

Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

Forfeiter

One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Forfeiture

The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.

Forfend

To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Forfered

Excessively alarmed; in great fear.

Forfete

To incur a penalty; to transgress.

Forficate

Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

Forficula

A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.

Forficulidae

A natural family of insects incliuding the typical earwigs.

Forgather

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

Forge

To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.

forged

Not genuine; counterfeit; -- used mostly of signatures and documents. See forge, v. t., 4.

Forgeman

A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

Forger

One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.

Forgery

The act of forging metal into shape.

Forget

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

Forget-me-not

A small perennial herb, of the genus Myosotis (Myosotis scorpiodes, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful bright blue or white flowers, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

Forgetful

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

Forgetfulness

The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

Forging

The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

Forgivable

Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.

Forgive

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

Forgiveness

The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

Forgiving

Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

Forgo

To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

Forhall

To harass; to torment; to distress.

Forisfamiliate

To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Fork

To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.

Fork-tailed

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

Forkbeard

A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides); -- also called great forked beard.

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