Part 4495

<h1>Foreshot</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Foreshow</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*show"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>foresce\'a0wian</ets> to foresee, provide; <ets>fore + sce\'a0wian</ets> to see. See <er>Show</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.</def>

<blockquote>Your looks <b>foreshow</b> You have a gentle heart. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day <b>foreshows</b>. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foreshower</h1> <Xpage=584>

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

<h1>Foreside</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"side</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The outside or external covering.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Foresight</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"sight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.</def>

<blockquote>This seems an unseasonable <b>foresight</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A random expense, without plan or <b>foresight</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surv.)</fld> <def>Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>Muzzle sight. See <cref>Fore sight</cref>, under <er>Fore</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Foresighted</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"sight`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.</def>

<i>Bartram.</i>

<h1>Foresightful</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"sight`ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Foresighted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Foresignify</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*sig"ni*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.</def>