Part 4478

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fordrive</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*drive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To drive about; to drive here and there.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<h1>Fordrunken</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*drunk"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Utterly drunk; very drunk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fordry</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*dry"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Entirely dry; withered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A tree <i>fordry</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fordwine</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*dwine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dwindle away; to disappear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom of R.</i>

<h1>Fore</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Fore</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/r</ets>, fr. <ets>faran</ets> to go. See <er>Fare</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Journey; way; method of proceeding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Follow him and his <i>fore</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<h1>Fore</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fore</ets>, adv. & prep., another form of <ets>for</ets>. See <er>For</er>, and cf. <er>Former</er>, <er>Foremost</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to <i>aft</i>, <i>after</i>, <i>back</i>, <i>behind</i>, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Formerly; previously; afore.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>The eyes, <b>fore</b> duteous, now converted are. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>In or towards the bows of a ship.</def>

<cs><col>Fore and aft</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from <i>athwart<i>.</cd> <i>R. H. Dana, Jr.</i> -- <col>Fore-and-aft rigged</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>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 <er>Schooner</er>, <er>Sloop</er>, <er>Cutter</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fore</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fore</er>, <ets>advv</ets>.]</ety> <def>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 <ant>back</ant> or <ant>behind</ant>; <as>as, the <ex>fore</ex> part of a garment; the <ex>fore</ex> part of the day; the <ex>fore</ex> and of a wagon.</as></def>

<blockquote>The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the <b>fore</b> purpose of the state. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Fore</i> is much used adjectively or in composition.</note>

<cs><col>Fore bay</col>, <cd>a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.</cd> -- <col>Fore body</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from <i>middle body<i> abd <i>after body<i>.</cd> -- <col>Fore boot</col>, <cd>a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc.</cd> -- <col>Fore bow</col>, <cd>the pommel of a saddle.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Fore cabin</col>, <cd>a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations.</cd> -- <col>Fore carriage</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.</cd> -- <col>Fore course</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See <i>Illust<i>. under <er>Sail</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fore door</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Front door</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fore edge</col>, <cd>the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.</cd> -- <col>Fore elder</col>, <cd>an ancestor.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Fore end</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning.</cd>