Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FORE-STALL'ED, pp.

Anticipated; hindered; purchased before arrival in market.

FORE-STALL'ER, n.

One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price. Locke.

FORE-STALL'ING, n.

Anticipation; prevention; the act of buying provisions before they are offered in market, with intent to sell them at higher prices.

FORE-STALL'ING, ppr.

Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at higher prices.

FORE'-STAY, n.

In a ship's rigging, a large strong rope reaching from the foremast head toward the bowsprit end, to support the mast. Mar. Dict.

FOR'EST-BORN, a.

Born in a forest or wilderness. Shak.

FOR'EST-ED, a.

Overspread with a forest. S. E. Dwight.

FOR'EST-ED, pp.

Covered with trees; wooded. Tooke.

FOR'EST-ER, n.

1. In England, an officer appointed to watch a forest, preserve the game, and institute suits for trespasses. Encyc.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. Shak.
3. A forest tree. Evelyn.

FOR'EST-ING, ppr.

Covering with trees.

FORE'-SWAT, a. [See Sweat.]

Exhausted by heat. [Obs.] Sidney.

FORE-TACK'LE, n.

The tackle on the foremast.

FORE'-TASTE, n.

A taste beforehand; anticipation. The pleasures of piety are a foretaste of heaven.

FORE'-TASTE, v.t.

1. To taste before possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of something; to anticipate.
2. To taste before another.

FORE-TAST'ED, pp.

Tasted beforehand or before another.

FORE-TAST'ER, n.

One that tastes beforehand or before another.

FORE-TAST'ING, ppr.

Tasting before.

FORE'-TAUGHT, pp.

Taught beforehand.

FORE-TEACH', v.t.

To teach beforehand. Spenser.

FORE-TELL', v.i.

To utter prediction or prophecy. All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. Acts iii.

FORE-TELL', v.t. [pret. and pp. foretold.]

1. To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy. Milton. Pope.
2. To foretoken; to foreshow. Warton.

FORE-TELL'ER, n.

One who predicts or prophesies; a foreshower. Boyle.

FORE-TELL'ING, n.

Prediction.

FORE-TELL'ING, ppr.

Predicting.

FORE-THINK', v.i.

To contrive beforehand. Smith.