Part 4497

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forespent</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*spent"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Forspent</er>.</def>

<h1>Forespurrer</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*spur"rer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who rides before; a harbinger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forest</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>forest</ets>, F. <ets>for\'88t</ets>, LL. <ets>forestis</ets>, also, <ets>forestus</ets>, <ets>forestum</ets>, <ets>foresta</ets>, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. <ets>foris</ets>, <ets>foras</ets>, out of doors, abroad. See <er>Foreign</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Forest</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"est</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.</def>

<cs><col>Forest fly</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family <spn>Tabanid\'91</spn>, which attack both men and beasts. See <er>Horse fly</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A fly of the genus <spn>Hippobosca</spn>, esp. <spn>H. equina</spn>. See <er>Horse tick</er>.</cd> -- <col>Forest glade</col>, <cd>a grassy space in a forest. <i>Thomson</i>.</cd> -- <col>Forest laws</col>, <cd>laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests.</cd> -- <col>Forest tree</col>, <cd>a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a <i>fruit tree<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Forest</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"est</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cover with trees or wood.</def>

<h1>Forestaff</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"staff`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also <altname>cross-staff</altname>.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Forestage</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"est*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>forestage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A service paid by foresters to the king.</def>

<h1>Forestal</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>For"est*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to forests; <as>as, <ex>forestal</ex> rights</as>.</def>

<h1>Forestall</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*stall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forestalled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forestalling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>forstallen</ets> to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from <ets>forstal</ets> obstruction, AS. <ets>forsteal</ets>, <ets>foresteall</ets>, prop., a placing one's self before another. See <er>Fore</er>, and <er>Stall</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.</def>

<blockquote>What need a man <b>forestall</b> his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.</def>

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<blockquote>An ugly serpent which <b>forestalled</b> their way. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>