FOREDECK — FORESPEAKING

FOREDECK — FORESPEAKING NWAD FOREDECK.1

FOREDECK, n. The forepart of a deck, or of a ship. NWAD FOREDECK.1

FOREDESIGN, v.t. To plan beforehand; to intend previously. NWAD FOREDESIGN.1

FOREDETERMINE, v.t. To decree beforehand. NWAD FOREDETERMINE.1

FOREDOOM, v.t. To doom beforehand; to predestinate. NWAD FOREDOOM.1

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. NWAD FOREDOOM.2

FOREDOOM, n. Previous doom or sentence. NWAD FOREDOOM.3

FOREDOOR, n. The door in the front of a house. NWAD FOREDOOR.1

FORE-END, n. The end which precedes; the anterior part. NWAD FORE-END.1

FOREFATHER, n. An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree. NWAD FOREFATHER.1

FOREFEND, v.t. NWAD FOREFEND.1

1. To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent approach; to forbid or prohibit. NWAD FOREFEND.2

2. To defend; to guard; to secure. NWAD FOREFEND.3

This word, like the L. arceo, is applied to the thing assailing, and to the thing assailed. To drive back or resist that which assails, is to hinder its approach, to forbid or avert, and this act defends the thing threatened or assailed. NWAD FOREFEND.4

FOREFINGER, n. The finger next to the thumb; the index; called by our Saxon ancestors, the shoot-finger, from its use in archery. NWAD FOREFINGER.1

FOREFLOW, v.t. To flow before. NWAD FOREFLOW.1

FOREFOOT, n. NWAD FOREFOOT.1

1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped. NWAD FOREFOOT.2

2. A hand, in contempt. NWAD FOREFOOT.3

3. In a ship, a piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end. NWAD FOREFOOT.4

FOREFRONT, n. The foremost part. The forefront of the battle, is the part where the contest is most warm, and where a soldier is most exposed. 2 Samuel 11:15. NWAD FOREFRONT.1

FOREGAME, n. A first game; first plan. NWAD FOREGAME.1

FOREGO, v.t. [See Go.] NWAD FOREGO.1

1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss. NWAD FOREGO.2

2. To give up; to renounce; to resign. But this word is usually applied to things not possessed or enjoyed, and which cannot be resigned. NWAD FOREGO.3

3. To lose. NWAD FOREGO.4

4. To go before; to precede. Obs. NWAD FOREGO.5

FOREGOER, n. NWAD FOREGOER.1

1. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Not used.] NWAD FOREGOER.2

2. One who goes before another. NWAD FOREGOER.3

3. One who forbears to enjoy. NWAD FOREGOER.4

FOREGOING, ppr. NWAD FOREGOING.1

1. Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy. NWAD FOREGOING.2

2. a. Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a foregoing clause in a writing. NWAD FOREGOING.3

FOREGONE, pp. foregawn’. NWAD FOREGONE.1

1. Forborne to be possessed or enjoyed. NWAD FOREGONE.2

2. Gone before; past. Obs. NWAD FOREGONE.3

FOREGROUND, n. The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie before the figures. NWAD FOREGROUND.1

FOREGUESS, v.t. To conjecture. [Bad.] NWAD FOREGUESS.1

FOREHAND, n. NWAD FOREHAND.1

1. The part of a horse which is before the rider. NWAD FOREHAND.2

2. The chief part. NWAD FOREHAND.3

FOREHAND, a. Done sooner than is regular. NWAD FOREHAND.4

And so extenuate the forehand sin. NWAD FOREHAND.5

FOREHANDED, a. NWAD FOREHANDED.1

1. Early; timely; seasonable; as a forehanded care. NWAD FOREHANDED.2

2. In America, in good circumstances as to property; free from debt and possessed of property; as a forehanded farmer. NWAD FOREHANDED.3

3. Formed in the foreparts. NWAD FOREHANDED.4

A substantial true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. NWAD FOREHANDED.5

FOREHEAD, n. for’hed, or rather for’ed. NWAD FOREHEAD.1

1. The part of the face which extends from the hair on the top of the head to the eyes. NWAD FOREHEAD.2

2. Impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness. NWAD FOREHEAD.3

FORHEAD-BALD, a. Bald above the forehead. Leviticus 13:47. NWAD FORHEAD-BALD.1

FOREHEAR, v.i. To be informed before. NWAD FOREHEAR.1

FOREHEND, v.t. To seize. [Not in use.] NWAD FOREHEND.1

FOREHEW, v.t. To hew or cut in front. NWAD FOREHEW.1

FOREHOLDING, n. Predictions; ominous forebodings; superstitious prognostications. [Not used.] NWAD FOREHOLDING.1

FOREHOOK, n. In ships, a breast-hook; a piece of timber placed across the stem to unite the bows and strengthen the forepart of the ship. NWAD FOREHOOK.1

FOREHORSE, n. The horse in a team which goes foremost. NWAD FOREHORSE.1

FOREIGN, a. for’an. [L. foris, foras.] NWAD FOREIGN.1

1. Belonging to another nation or country; alien; not of the country in which one resides; extraneous. We call every country foreign, which is not within the jurisdiction of our own government. In this sense, Scotland before the union was foreign to England, and Canada is now foreign to the United States. More generally foreign is applied to countries more remote than an adjacent territory; as a foreign market; a foreign prince. In the United States, all transatlantic countries are foreign. NWAD FOREIGN.2

2. Produced in a distant country or jurisdiction; coming from another country; as foreign goods; goods of foreign manufacture; a foreign minister. NWAD FOREIGN.3

3. Remote; not belonging; not connected; with to or from. You dissemble; the sentiments you express are foreign to your heart. This design is foreign from my thoughts. [The use of from is preferable and best authorized.] NWAD FOREIGN.4

4. Impertinent; not pertaining; not to the purpose. The observation is foreign from the subject under consideration. NWAD FOREIGN.5

5. Excluded; not admitted; held at a distance. NWAD FOREIGN.6

6. Extraneous; adventitious; not native or natural. NWAD FOREIGN.7

7. In law, a foreign attachment is an attachment of the goods of a foreigner within a city or liberty, for the satisfaction of a debt due from the foreigner to a citizen; or an attachment of the money or goods of a debtor, in the hands of another person. NWAD FOREIGN.8

A foreign bill of exchange, is a bill drawn by a person in one country, on his correspondent or agent in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is drawn by one person or another in the same jurisdiction or country. NWAD FOREIGN.9

Foreign plea, a plea or objection to a judge as incompetent to try the question, on the ground that it is not within his jurisdiction. NWAD FOREIGN.10

FOREIGNER, n. for’aner. A person born in a foreign country, or without the country or jurisdiction of which one speaks. A Spaniard is a foreigner in France and England. All men not born in the United States are to them foreigners, and they are aliens till naturalized. A naturalized person is a citizen; but we still call him a foreigner by birth. NWAD FOREIGNER.1

FOREIGNNESS, n. for’anness. Remoteness; want of relation; as the foreignness of a subject from the main business. NWAD FOREIGNNESS.1

FORE-IMAGINE, v.t. To conceive or fancy before proof, or beforehand. NWAD FORE-IMAGINE.1

FOREJUDGE, v.t. forjuj’. NWAD FOREJUDGE.1

1. To prejudge; to judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof. NWAD FOREJUDGE.2

2. In law, to expel from a court, for malpractice or non-appearance. When an attorney is sued, and called to appear in court, if he declines, he is forejudged, and his name is struck from the rolls. NWAD FOREJUDGE.3

FOREJUDGMENT, n. Judgment previously formed. NWAD FOREJUDGMENT.1

FOREKNOW, v.t. [See Know.] To have previous knowledge of; to foresee. NWAD FOREKNOW.1

Who would the miseries of man foreknow? NWAD FOREKNOW.2

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Romans 8:29. NWAD FOREKNOW.3

FOREKNOWABLE, a. That may be foreknown. NWAD FOREKNOWABLE.1

FOREKNOWER, n. One that foreknows. NWAD FOREKNOWER.1

FOREKNOWLEDGE, n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens; prescience. NWAD FOREKNOWLEDGE.1

If I foreknew, foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. NWAD FOREKNOWLEDGE.2

FOREL, n. A kind of parchment for the cover of books. NWAD FOREL.1

FORELAND, n. A promontory or cape; a point of land extending into the sea some distance from the line of the shore; a head land; as the North and South Foreland in Kent, in England. NWAD FORELAND.1

FORELAY, v.t. NWAD FORELAY.1

1. To lay wait for; to entrap by ambush. NWAD FORELAY.2

2. To contrive antecedently. NWAD FORELAY.3

FORELEADER, n. One who leads others by his example. NWAD FORELEADER.1

FORELEND, v.t. To lend or give beforehand. NWAD FORELEND.1

FORELOCK, n. NWAD FORELOCK.1

1. The lock or hair that grows from the forepart of the head. NWAD FORELOCK.2

Take time by the forelock. NWAD FORELOCK.3

2. In sea language, a little flat pointed wedge of iron, used at the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place. NWAD FORELOCK.4

FORELOOK, v.t. To look beforehand or forward. NWAD FORELOOK.1

FOREMAN, n. NWAD FOREMAN.1

1. The first or chief man; particularly, the chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. NWAD FOREMAN.2

2. The chief man in a printing office or other establishment, who conducts the whole work. NWAD FOREMAN.3

FOREMAST, n. The mast of a ship or other vessel which is placed in the forepart or forecastle, and carries the foresail and foretop-sail yards. NWAD FOREMAST.1

Foremast-men, on board of ships, the men who take in the top-sails, sling the yards, furl the sails, etc. NWAD FOREMAST.2

FOREMEANT, a. forement’. Intended beforehand. NWAD FOREMEANT.1

FOREMENTIONED, a. Mentioned before; recited or written in a former part of the same writing or discourse. NWAD FOREMENTIONED.1

FOREMOST, a. NWAD FOREMOST.1

1. First in place; most advanced; as the foremost troops of an army. NWAD FOREMOST.2

2. First in dignity. In honor he held the foremost rank. NWAD FOREMOST.3

FOREMOTHER, n. A female ancestor. NWAD FOREMOTHER.1

FORENAMED, a. NWAD FORENAMED.1

1. Named or nominated before. NWAD FORENAMED.2

2. Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse. NWAD FORENAMED.3

FORENOON, n. The former part of the day, from the morning to meridian or noon. We usually call the first part of the day, from the dawn to the time of breakfast, or the hour of business, the morning, and from this period to noon, the forenoon. But the limits are not precisely defined by custom. NWAD FORENOON.1

FORENOTICE, n. Notice or information of an event before it happens. NWAD FORENOTICE.1

FORENSIC, a. [from L. forensis, from forum, a court.] NWAD FORENSIC.1

Belonging to courts of judicature; used in courts or legal proceedings; as a forensic term; forensic eloquence or disputes. NWAD FORENSIC.2

FOREORDAIN, v.t. To ordain or appoint before; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. NWAD FOREORDAIN.1

FOREORDINATION, n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination. NWAD FOREORDINATION.1

FOREPART, n. NWAD FOREPART.1

1. The part first in time; as the forepart of the day or week. NWAD FOREPART.2

2. The part most advanced in place; the anterior part; as the forepart of any moving body. NWAD FOREPART.3

3. The beginning; as the forepart of a series. NWAD FOREPART.4

FOREPAST, a. Past before a certain time; as forepast sins. [Little used.] NWAD FOREPAST.1

FOREPOSSESSED, a. Holding formerly in possession; also, preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged. NWAD FOREPOSSESSED.1

FOREPRIZE, v.t. To prize or rate beforehand. NWAD FOREPRIZE.1

FOREPROMISED, a. Promised beforehand; preengaged. NWAD FOREPROMISED.1

FOREQUOTED, a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the work. NWAD FOREQUOTED.1

FORERANK, n. The first rank; the front. NWAD FORERANK.1

FOREREACH, upon, v.t. In navigation, to gain or advance upon in progression or motion. NWAD FOREREACH.1

FOREREAD, v.t. To signify by tokens. Obs. NWAD FOREREAD.1

FOREREADING, n. Previous perusal. NWAD FOREREADING.1

FORERECITED, a. Named or recited before. NWAD FORERECITED.1

FOREMEMBERED, a. Called to mind previously. NWAD FOREMEMBERED.1

FORERIGHT, a. Ready; forward; quick. NWAD FORERIGHT.1

FORERIGHT, adv. Right forward; onward. NWAD FORERIGHT.2

FORERUN, v.t. NWAD FORERUN.1

1. To advance before; to come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger. NWAD FORERUN.2

Heaviness foreruns the good event. NWAD FORERUN.3

2. To precede; to have the start of. NWAD FORERUN.4

FORERUNNER, n. NWAD FORERUNNER.1

1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger. NWAD FORERUNNER.2

My elder brothers, my forerunners came. NWAD FORERUNNER.3

2. An ancestor or predecessor. Obs. NWAD FORERUNNER.4

3. A prognostic; a sign foreshowing something to follow. Certain pains in the head, back and limbs are the forerunners of a fever. NWAD FORERUNNER.5

FORESAID, a. Spoken before. [See Aforesaid.] NWAD FORESAID.1

FORESAIL, n. A sail extended on the foreyard, which is supported by the foremast. NWAD FORESAIL.1

FORESAY, v.t. To predict; to foretell. NWAD FORESAY.1

FORESAYING, n. A prediction. NWAD FORESAYING.1

FORESEE, v.t. To see beforehand; to see or know an event before it happens; to have prescience of; to foreknow. NWAD FORESEE.1

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Proverbs 22:3. NWAD FORESEE.2

FORESEEING, ppr. Seeing before the event. NWAD FORESEEING.1

FORESEEN, pp. Seen beforehand. NWAD FORESEEN.1

FORESEER, n. One who foresees or foreknows. NWAD FORESEER.1

FORESEIZE, v.t. To seize beforehand. NWAD FORESEIZE.1

FORESHADOW, v.t. To shadow or typify beforehand. NWAD FORESHADOW.1

FORESHAME, v.t. To shame; to bring reproach on. NWAD FORESHAME.1

FORESHEW. [See Foreshow.] NWAD FORESHEW.1

FORESHIP, n. The forepart of a ship. Acts 27:30. NWAD FORESHIP.1

FORESHORTEN, v.t. In painting; to shorten figures for the sake of showing those behind. NWAD FORESHORTEN.1

FORESHORTENING, n. In painting, the act of shortening figures for the sake of showing those behind. NWAD FORESHORTENING.1

The art of conveying to the mind the impression of the entire length of an object, when represented as viewed in an oblique or receding position. NWAD FORESHORTENING.2

FORESHOW, v.t. NWAD FORESHOW.1

1. To show beforehand; to prognosticate. NWAD FORESHOW.2

Next, like aurora, Spenser rose, whose purple blush the day foreshows. NWAD FORESHOW.3

2. To predict; to foretell NWAD FORESHOW.4

3. To represent beforehand, or before it comes. NWAD FORESHOW.5

FORESHOWER, n. One who predicts. NWAD FORESHOWER.1

FORESHROUDS, n. The shrouds of a ship attached to the foremast. NWAD FORESHROUDS.1

FORESIDE, n. The front side; also, a specious outside. NWAD FORESIDE.1

FORESIGHT, n. NWAD FORESIGHT.1

1. Prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication; the act of foreseeing. NWAD FORESIGHT.2

2. Provident care of futurity; foreknowledge accompanied with prudence in guarding against evil. NWAD FORESIGHT.3

FORESIGHTFUL, a. Prescient; provident. [Little used.] NWAD FORESIGHTFUL.1

FORESIGNIFY, v.t. To signify beforehand; to betoken previously; to foreshow; to typify. NWAD FORESIGNIFY.1

FORESKIN, n. The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce. NWAD FORESKIN.1

FORESKIRT, n. The loose and pendulous part of a coat before. NWAD FORESKIRT.1

FORESLACK, v.t. To neglect by idleness. [Not used.] NWAD FORESLACK.1

FORESLOW, v.t. NWAD FORESLOW.1

1. To delay; to hinder; to impede; to obstruct. [Not used.] NWAD FORESLOW.2

No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreshow their hasty pace. NWAD FORESLOW.3

2. To neglect; to omit. [Not used.] NWAD FORESLOW.4

FORESLOW, v.i. To be dilatory; to loiter. [Not used.] NWAD FORESLOW.5

FORESPEAK, v.t. NWAD FORESPEAK.1

1. To foresay; to foreshow; to foretell or predict. NWAD FORESPEAK.2

2. To forbid. [Not used.] NWAD FORESPEAK.3

3. To bewitch. [Not used.] NWAD FORESPEAK.4