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<hw>Fore*judg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.</def>

<h1>Forejudgment</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*judg"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Prejudgment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Foreknow</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*know"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Foreknew</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Foreknown</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foreknowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.</def>

<blockquote>Who would the miseries of man <b>foreknow</b>? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foreknowa-ble</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*know"a-ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be foreknown.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Foreknower</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*know"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who foreknows.</def>

<h1>Foreknowingly</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*know"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With foreknowledge.</def>

<blockquote>He who . . . <b>foreknowingly</b> loses his life. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foreknowledge</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*knowl"edge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.</def>

<blockquote>If I foreknew, <b>Foreknowledge</b> had no influence on their fault. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forel</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forel</ets>case, sheath, OF. <ets>forel</ets>, <ets>fourel</ets>, F. <ets>fourreau</ets>, LL. <ets>forellus</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>forre</ets>, <ets>fuerre</ets>, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>fuotar</ets>, akin to Goth. <ets>f\'d3dr</ets>; prob. not the same word as E. <ets>fodder</ets> food. Cf. <er>Fur</er>, <er>Fodder</er> food.]</ety> <def>A kind of parchment for book covers. See <er>Forrill</er>.</def>

<h1>Forel</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bind with a forel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Foreland</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A promontory or cape; a headland; <as>as, the North and South <ex>Foreland</ex> in Kent, England</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Hydraul. Engin.)</fld> <def>That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.</def>

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