Part 4479

<blockquote>I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The <b>fore end</b> of my time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame.</cd> -- <col>Fore girth</col>, <cd>a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale.</cd> -- <col>Fore hammer</col>, <cd>a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer.</cd> -- <col>Fore leg</col>, <cd>one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.</cd> -- <col>Fore peak</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward.</cd> -- <col>Fore piece</col>, <cd>a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.</cd> -- <col>Fore plane</col>, <cd>a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Fore reading</col>, <cd>previous perusal. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <i>Hales.</i> -- <col>Fore rent</col>, <cd>in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered.</cd> -- <col>Fore sheets</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See <er>Stern sheets</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fore shore</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The part of the shore between high and low water marks.</cd> -- <col>Fore sight</col>, <cd>that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle.</cd> -- <col>Fore tackle</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the tackle on the foremast of a ship.</cd> -- <col>Fore topmast</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Fore-topmast</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Fore wind</col>, <cd>a favorable wind.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sailed on smooth seas, by <b>fore winds</b> borne. <i>Sandys.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Fore world</col>, <cd>the antediluvian world. <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Southey.</i></cd></cs>

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<hw>Fore</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.</def>

<cs><col>At the fore</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>at the fore royal masthead; -- said of a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc.</cd> -- <col>To the fore</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. <mark>[Irish]</mark></cd> "While I am <i>to the fore<i>." <i>W. Collins.</i> "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds <i>to the fore</i>?" <i>Thackeray.</i></cs>

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<hw>Fore</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>Before; -- sometimes written <i>'fore</i> as if a contraction of <i>afore</i> or <i>before</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Foreadmonish</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`ad*mon"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Foreadvise</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`ad*vise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Foreallege</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`al*lege"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forealleged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forealleging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To allege or cite before.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Foreappoint</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`ap*point"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To set, order, or appoint, beforehand.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Foreappointment</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`ap*point"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Previous appointment; preordinantion.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Forearm</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*arm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.</def>

<i>South.</i>

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