Part 4485

<cs><col>Foregone conclusion</col>, <cd>one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foregoer</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*go"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from <i>going before</i> to provide for his household.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Foregoer</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*go"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymologically <ets>forgoer</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who forbears to enjoy.</def>

<h1>Foreground</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"ground`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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. <er>Distance</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</def>

<h1>Foreguess</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*guess"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To conjecture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Foregut</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"gut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o<?/ to the entrance of the bile duct.</def>

<h1>Forehand</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"hand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>All that part of a horse which is before the rider.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The chief or most important part.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.</def>

<blockquote>And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the <b>forehand</b> and vantage of a king. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fore"hand`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Done beforehand; anticipative.</def>

<blockquote>And so extenuate the <b>forehand</b> sin. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forehanded</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"hand`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Early; timely; seasonable.</def> "<i>Forehanded</i> care."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; <as>as, a <ex>forehanded</ex> farmer</as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Formed in the forehand or fore parts.</def>

<blockquote>A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely <b>forehanded</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>