Part 277

Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

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.]

Fore*go"er, n. [Etymologically forgoer.] One who forbears to enjoy.

Fore"ground` (?), n. 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.

Fore*guess" (?), v. t. To conjecture. [Obs.]

Fore"gut` (?), n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct.

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.

Fore"hand`, a. Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin.

Shak.

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.

Fore"head (?; 277), 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.