Part 4500

<hw>Fore"thought`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.</def> "<i>Forethought</i> malice."

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Fore"thought`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.</def>

<blockquote>A sphere that will demand from him <b>forethought</b>, courage, and wisdom. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forethoughtful</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore"thought`ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having forethought.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Foretime</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore"time`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The past; the time before the present.</def> "A very dim <i>foretime</i>."

<i>J. C. Shairp.</i>

<h1>Foretoken</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore"to`ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>foret\'becen</ets>. See <er>Token</er>.]</ety> <def>Prognostic; previous omen.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Foretoken</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*to"ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Foretokened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foretokening</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>foret\'becnian</ets>; <ets>fore + t\'becnian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.</def>

<blockquote>Whilst strange prodigious signs <b>foretoken</b> blood. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fore tooth</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore" tooth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <plu>pl. <plw>Fore teeth</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.</def>

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<hw>Fore"top`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The platform at the head of the foremast.</def>

<h1>Fore-topgallant</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore`-top*gal"lant</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; <as>as, the <ex>fore-topgallant</ex> sail</as>. See <er>Sail</er>.</def>

<h1>Fore-topmast</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore`-top"mast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See <er>Ship</er>.</def>

<h1>Fore-topsail</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore`-top"sail</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Sail</er>.</def>