Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FORE-SHOW'ER, n.

One who predicts.

FORE-SHOW'ING, ppr.

Showing before; predicting.

FORE-SHOWN', pp.

Shown beforehand; predicted.

FORE-SHROUDS', n.

The shrouds of a ship attached to the foremast.

FORE'-SIDE, n.

The front side; also, a specious outside. Spenser.

FORE'-SIGHT, n.

1. Prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication; the act of foreseeing. Milton.
2. Provident care of futurity; foreknowledge accompanied with prudence in guarding against evil. Spenser.

FORE-SIGHT-ED, a.

Prudent in guarding against evil; provident for the future.

FORE-SIGHT-FUL, a.

Prescient; provident. [Little used.] Sidney.

FORE-SIG'NI-FY, v.t.

To signify beforehand; to betoken previously; to foreshow; to typify. Hooker.

FORE'-SKIN, n.

The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.

FORE'-SKIRT, n.

The loose and pendulous part of a coat before. Shak.

FORE-SLACK', v.t.

To neglect by idleness. [Not used.] Spenser.

FORE-SLOW, v.i.

To be dilatory; to loiter. [Not used.] Shak.

FORE-SLOW', v.t.

1. To delay; to hinder; to impede, to obstruct. [Not used.] No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow / Their hasty pace. Fairfax.
2. To neglect; to omit. [Not used.] Bacon.

FORE-SPEAK', v.t.

1. To foresay; to foreshow; to foretell or predict. Camden.
2. To forbid. [Not used.] Shak.
3. To bewitch. [Not used.] Drayton.

FORE-SPEAK'ING, n.

A prediction; also, a preface. [Not used.]

FORE-SPEECH', n.

A preface. [Not used.] Sherwood.

FORE-SPENT', a.

1. Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. Shak.
2. Past; as, life forespent. [Little used.] Spenser

FORE-SPOK-EN, a.

Previously spoken.

FORE-SPUR'RER, n.

One that rides before. [Not used.] Shak.

FOR'EST, n. [It. foresta; Fr. forêt; Arm. forest; G. forst; Ir. foraois, foraighis; Norm. fores; from the same root as L. foris, Fr. hors, and the Sax. faran, to go, to depart, Hence the It. forestiere, Sp. forastero, signifies strange, foreign; It. foresto, wild, savage; Port. forasteiro, a stranger. This enables us to understand the radical meaning of other words which signify strange, wild, barbarous, &c. They all express distance from cities and civilization, and are from roots expressing departure or wandering.]

1. An extensive wood, or a large tract of land covered with trees. In America, the word is usually applied to a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. It differs from wood or woods chiefly in extent. We read of the Hercynian forest, in Germany, and the forest of Ardennes, in France or Gaul.
2. In law, in Great Britain, a certain territory of woody grounds and pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase and warren, to rest and abide in, under the protection of the king, for his pleasure. In this sense, the word has no application in America. Forest laws, laws for governing and regulating forests, and preserving game. England.

FOR'EST, v.t.

To cover with trees or wood.

FORE'-STAFF, n.

An instrument used at sea, for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies; called also cross-staff. Encyc.

FOR'EST-AGE, n.

An ancient service paid by foresters to the king; also, the right of foresters. England.

FORE-STALL', v.t. [See Stall.]

1. To anticipate; to take beforehand. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid? Milton.
2. To hinder by preoccupation or prevention. I will not forestall your judgment of the rest. Pope.
3. In law, to buy or bargain for corn, or provisions of any kind, before they arrive at the market or fair, with intent to sell them at higher prices. This is a penal offense. Encyc.
4. To deprive by something prior. [Not in use.] Shak.