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With fables vaine my historie to fill, Forcing my good, excusing of my ill. Mirror for Magist., p. 52. (6) v. To fatten animals. East. (7) v. To clip, shear, or shave. (8) v. To clip off the upper and more hairy part of wool. (9) adj. Strong.

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(10) s. A waterfall. North.
(11) Offorce, necessarily. "Then
of force shee must be worth the
fetching." Heywood's Iron Age,
1632. No force, no matter.
do or give no force, I care not.
Syr (quod the felowe), I truste ye wyll
beare me recorde that I have hit nat.
No by the masse quod he, thou were on
the pyllorie the whyle. Than no force
quod the felow-and wente his waye.

Tales and Quicke Answeres, i, p. 97.
FORCER, S. (4.-N.) A chest; a
coffer, or casket.
FORCETIS, S. Forceps;

Caxton.

shears.

FORCHES, S. (Fr.) (1) The spot where two roads branch off from one. Devon.

(2) The haunches of a deer. FOR-CHOSEN, part. p. Chosen previously.

FORCIPATION, s. (from Lat. for-
ceps) Tearing with pincers.
FOR-CLOSE, v. To shut up.
FOR-COME, V. To prevent.
FOR-CRASED, adj. Crazy; mad.

FOR-CUTTE, V. (A.-S.)

through.

To cut

FORD, v. To afford; to sell.
FOR-DARKE, V. (A.-S.) Tomake dark.
FORDBOH, S. The plant dodder.
FOR-DEDE, S. A former deed.
FORDELE, S. An advantage. See
Afterdeale.

FORDEME, (4.-S.) v. To condemn.
FORDER, v. To further, or promote.
FOR-DEWE, v. To wet with dew.
FORDIT. Shut up. W. Mapes, p. 345.
FOR-DO, v. To undo; to ruin; to
destroy.

FOR-DREDE, v. To terrify greatly. FOR-DREINT, part. p. Drowned.

FOR-DRIVE, V. To drive away; to drift.

FOR-DRONING, S. Trouble; dis

turbance.

FOR - DRONKEN, part. p. (1) Drowned.

(2) Very drunk. FOR-DRY, adj. Very dry.

FOR-DULLE, (1) v. To be stupified. (2) adj. Very dull.

FOR-DWINE, V. To waste away.
FORDYNG, S. (4.-S.) Destruction.
FORE, (1) pret. t. Went; fared.
(2) s. Faring; going.

(3) part. p. Before; having anything forthcoming. (4) s. A ford. North. (5) s. A furrow. FOREBIT, S. The plant devil's- bit. Cotgrave.

FOREDALE, S. The pudding of a cow towards the throat. Shropsh. FORE-DAYS, (1) s. Towards noon. Oxford.

(2) Towards evening. Northumb. FORE-ELDERS, s. Ancestors. North. FORE-FAMILY, s. The ancestors of a family. East.

FOREFENG, S. The first taking of a thing. West.

FORE-FLANK, S. A projection of fat on the ribs of a sheep. North. FORE-FLAP, S. Bands.

FORE-FRONT, s. The forehead. Pals. FOREGANGER, s. A forerunner. FOREHAMMER, S. The large hammer which strikes before the smaller ones. FOREHAND-SHAFT, S.

An arrow

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FOREHEVEDE, S. (A.-S.) The fore

head.

FOREIGNER, S. A stranger to a locality. In some parts of Kent all born in another parish are still called foreigners. FOREINE, S. (4.-N.) (1) A jakes; a cesspool; a drain.

(2) A stranger; a foreigner. FORELL, S. (1) (Lat.) A bag, or

purse.

(2) A cover of a book.

(3) A kind of parchment, much used for covers of books. FORELONG. The same as Foolen. FORELOW, adj. Slanting; very low. East.

FOREMAN, S. An ancestor.

FOREMEN, S. An old cant term for geese.

FOREMEST, adj. Earliest. FORE-MILK, s. The first milk after calving. North.

FORENENST, prep. Opposite to; towards.

FORENESS, S. A promontory.
FORE-PAST, part. p. Past by.
FOREPRIZE, v. To except; to ex-
clude.

FORE-READ, S. A preface.

FORE-RIGHT, (1) adj. Straight-forward; obstinate; headstrong; abrupt; foolish. South.

(2) s. The coarsest sort of wheaten bread.

FORESAY, v. To foretell, or decree. FORE-SET, part. p. Previously ordained.

FORESHIP, S. The forecastle. FORESHOUTS, s. The double ropes which fasten the main-sail of a ship.

FORESIGN, S. Divination.

FORESLACK, v. To relax; to neglect, or delay. Spenser. FORESLOW, v. To delay; to loiter. FORESPEAK, V. (1) To predict. (2) See For-speak.

FORE-SPUR, 8. The fore-leg of pork. West.

FORESTEAD, s. A ford. Craven. FORESTER-OF-THE-FEE, S. One who had a perpetual right of hunting in a forest on paying to the crown a certain rent for the same. FORE-STOOLS, s. The fore part of a cart, which projects over the horse. East.

FORESTOWE, v. To waste.

This summer must not be lost, nor any minute of time forestowed, to reduce them of Scotland, lest, by protraction here they gain time and advantage to frame their parties with foreign states. Speech in Parliament, 1640 (Rushworth). FOREST-WHITES, s. A sort of cloths. FORE-SUMMERS, s. A sort of platform projecting over the shafts of a cart. East. FORE-TOKEN, S. A warning. FORETOP, S.

(1) The forehead. "His fax and his foretoppe." Morte Arthure.

(2) An erect tuft of hair on the head. Suff. Used in this sense by Ben Jonson.

For with far lesser danger you may read Trithemius charms, or view the Gorgon's

head.

Nor must we now forget the children too, Who with their fore-tops gay stand up i' th' pew,

Brought there to play at church, and to be chid,

And for discourse at meals what children did. Satyr against Hypocrites, 1689. FORE-WARDEN, part. p. Destroyed. North.

FOREWARE, v. To indemnify. Som. FORE-WATCH, v. To watch incessantly.

FORE-WAY, S. A high road. North. FORE-WETING,s. (A.-S.) Foreknowledge.

FOR-FAGHTE, \part. p. Weary FOR-FOGHTEN, S with fighting. FORFAITE, 2. (A.-N.) To misdo; to offend.

FOR-FARE, V. To go to ruin; to perish.

FOR-FERE, V. To terrify exceedingly.

FOR-FLYTE, v. To scold much.

FOR-FOR, Conj. Wherefore. Hearne. FOR-FRETEN, v. (A.-S.) To eat to pieces.

FOR-FRORN, part. p. Frozen. Caxt. FOR-GABBEN, v. (A.-N.) To mock. FORGAIT, S. The start. North. FORGATHER, v. To encounter. North. FORGE, v. To invent. Forgetive, inventive.

FORGETILSCHIP, S. Forgetfulness. FOR-GIME, v. To transgress. FORGIVE, V. To begin to thaw. Var. d.

FOR-GLUTTEN, v. (A.-S.) To devour, or swallow up. FOR-GO, v. (1) To lose; to spare. (2) To forsake.

FOR-GOER, S. One who goes before. FOR-GRAITHED, part. p. (A.-S.) Quite prepared.

FOR-GROWEN, part. p. Overgrown. FOR-GULTE, V. (4.-S.) To recompense.

FOR-HALE, V. To harass; to plague.
FOR-HEDE, v. To behead.
FOR-HELE, V. (A.-S.) To conceal.

For-hole, concealed.

FOR-HEWE, v. (4.-S.) To despise. FOR-HILE, V. (A.-S.) To protect.

For-hiler, a protector. FOR-HORYD, part. p. Very hoary. FOR-HUNGRED, part. p. (A.-S.) Famished.

FOR-JUGED, part. p. Wrongfully judged.

FOR-JUSTE, v. To joust with at a

tournament.

FORK, S. (1) The lower half of the body.

(2) A haunch of a deer. FORK-DUST, s. The dust made in

grinding forks. Sheffield. FORKED, S. The fourchure. Devon. FORKED-CAP, S. The mitre. FORKELYD, adj. Wrinkled with age.

FOR-KERVE, V. (A.-S.) To cut through.

FORKET, 8. (Fr.fourchette.) A little fork.

FORKIN-ROBIN,s. An earwig. North

ampt.

FORKS, 8. (1) The gallows.

(2) Parcels of wood. Lanc. FOR-LADDER, s. The moveable rails at the front of a cart or wagon for extending the length. Northampt. FOR-LADEN, part. p. Overladen. FOR-LAFE, part. p. Left off enFOR-LAFT, tirely; dismissed. FOR-LAINE, part. p. Rechased. FOR-LANCE, v. To cut off. FOR-LAYNE. See For-lye. FOR-LEDE, v. (A.-S.) To mislead. FOR-LEND, v. To give up. FOR-LESE, V. (4.-S.) To lose entirely.

FOR-LETE, v. To abandon; to lose; to forsake; to leave desolate. FOR-LITHE, v. (A.-S.) To force a woman, or ravish.

FOR-LORE, part. p. (A.-S.) Utterly

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FORMAT, v. To bespeak. North. FORMAYLLE, S. The female of birds, but especially of a hawk. FORME, (1) adj. (A.-S.) First; former.

(2) v. To teach; to inform. FORMER, (1) s. A gouge.

(2) s. An implement for holding
pieces of a table together.
(3) s. The Creator.
(4) adj. First.

FORMERWARDE, s. The vanguard.
FORMFADER, S. (A.-S.) A forefather.
FORMICA, S. A disease in hawks.
FORMOSITY, S. (Lat.) Beauty.
FORMOUS, adj. (Lat.) Beautiful.
FORM-PIECES, 8. An old term for the

stones of the tracery of windows. FORN, adv. (4.-S.) Before. FORNE, adj. First, former, or fore. FORNE-CAST, adj. Premeditated. FORNESSE, S. A furnace.

FOR-NIGH, adv. Very near. North.
FOR-NOUGHT, adv. Easily.
FORNPECKLES, s. Freckles. Lanc.
FOR-OLDED, adj. Worn out with
age. South.

FORORD, part. p. Furred.
FOR-OUTIN, prep. Without.
FOROW, 8. (4.-S.) A furrow.

Take and put a welowe stoke in a forowe
y-made in the erthe for the nonys, and
lett hym growe then above.

Porkington MS. Rachis rennyn one every syde, In forrous thei hoppe me to fynd; Honteris takythe there horse and ryde, And cast tlie conttray by the wynd. Ib. FOR-PINCHE. v. To pinch to pieces.

FOR-PINE, V. To pine or starve to death; to waste away. For-pined, niggardly.

FOR-POSSE, V. To push violently. FORRAD, adv. Forward. Var. d. FOR-RARYD, part. p. Overdone with walking.

FORRAYSE, v. To foray, or lay waste. FORRED,part.p.(A.-S.) Debilitated. FORREL, S. (1) (A.-N.) The cover of a book.

(2) The border of a handkerchief. West.

FORREOUR, S. (4.-N.) A scout, or forager.

FORRESS-LAND, 8. Assart land. Suss. FOR-RIGHT, adj. Headstrong. South. FOR-SAKE, V. (4.-S.) To leave; to

omit; to desist from; to refuse, or deny, FOR-SCAPTE, part. p. Driven or banished from. Chester Pl., i, 44. FOR-SCHAPE, v. (A.-S.) To transform.

FOR-SCYPPER, s. One who skipped over the Psalms in chanting. FORSE, v. To gnaw.

FOR-SE, v. To neglect; to deFOR-SEGH, spise.

FORSELY, adj. Strong; powerful. FOR-SETTE, v. (4.-S.) To shut close

in.

FOR-SHAPEN, part. p. (1) Misshaped; transformed. (2) Unmade.

FOR-SHRONKE, part. p. Shrunk up. FOR-SLEUTHE, v. (A.-S.) To lose through lying idle.

FOR-SLOCKOND, part. p. Overdone. "For-slockond with ale." Reliq. Antiq., i, 84.

FOR-SLONGEN, part. p. Devoured. FOR-SLYNGRED, part. p. Beat severely.

FORSNES, S. Strength. Gawayne. FOR-SNEYE, v. To do evil slily. FOR-SONGEN, part. p. Weary of singing.

FOR-SPEAK, v. (1) To bewitch. (2) To forbid.

FOR-SPENT, part. p. Worn away.
FORSPREAK, s. An advocate.
FOR-SPREDE, v. To spread wide.
FORST, S. Frost.

FOR-STALLE, v. (A.-S.) To hinder; to forestall.

FORSTER, S. A forester.

FOR-STORMED, part. p. Beaten by

storms.

FOR-STRAUGHT, part. p. (A.-S.) Distracted.

FOR-SWAT, part. p. Covered with

sweat.

FOR-SWELTE, part. p. Killed.
FOR-SWEREN, v. To swear falsely.
FOR-SWINKE, V. To weary one's self
with labour.

FORSY, v. To stuff, or season, a dish. See Force.

FORT, (1) adj. (A.-N.) Strong; powerful.

(2) prep. Before.
(3) prep. Till; until.
(4) adj. Tipsy.

FOR-TAXED, part. p. Overladen with taxes.

FOR-TEACH, V. To unteach. Spens. FORTELACE, S. (A.-N.) A fortress. FORTELETTE, s. A little fort.

FORTER, v. To thrash corn. North. FORTEYN, V. (A.-N.) (1) To happen. (2) To prosper.

FORTH, (1) adv. (A.-S.) Forwards. (2) v. To distrust; to despair. (3) s. Theft.

(4) adj. Out of temper. Devon. FOR-THAN, Conj. (A.-S.) Therefore. FOR-THAT, conj. Because.

FORTH-BY, adv. (A.-S.) Forward by.
FORTHE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To forward,
or bring forward.
(2) s. A sort of liquor.

Ne mede, ne forthe, no other licour
That chaungeth wateres kende.

William de Shoreham.

FORTHE-DAYES, adv. The close of

FORTHERLY, adv. Forward; early. North.

FORTH-HELDE, v. (A.-S.) To retain. FOR-THI, conj. (A.-S.) Therefore; because.

FOR-THINKE, v. (A.-S.) (1) To repent.

(2) To suspect; to foresee. East. FORTH-ON, adv. For an indefinite period. Var. d.

FORTH-RIGHT, s. A straight path.
FORTHWAR, adv. (A.-S.) Forthwith.
FORTH-WARDE, adv. Forward.
FORTH-WERPE, v. To reject.
FORTH-WORD, s. A bargain.
FORTHY, adj. Forward; pert. Cornw.
FORT-MAYNE, S. (4.-N.) Main force.
FOR-TO, prep. Till; until.
FOR-TORNE, v. (4.-S.) To root up.
FOR-TREDE, V. (A.-S.) To tread
down.

FORTRESSE, v. To fortify.
FORTUIT, adj. (Lat.) Accidental.
FORTUNE, v. (1) To happen.
(2) To make fortunate; to give
fortune.

FORTUNOUS, adj. Fortunate. FOR-WAKE, V. To be overcome with want of sleep.

FOR-WANDRED, part. p. (A.-S.) Weary with wandering. FOR-WANYE, V. (A.-S.) To spoil. FORWARD, (1) s. (A.-S.) An agreement, or covenant; a promise. (2) s. (4.-S.) Destruction. (3) Half tipsy. Var. d. FOR-WAYE,V.(A.-S.) To lose the way. FORWE, S. A furrow.

FOR-WEARIED, part. p. Worn out. FORWEEND, adj. Humorsome; capricious. Somerset.

FOR-WELKED,part. p.(A.-S.) Much wrinkled.

FOR-WEPT, part. p. Worn out with weeping.

FOR-WHY, adj. Wherefore.

the day.

FORTHE-GATE, s. (A.-S.) A journey.

FORTHELY, adv. Readily.

FORTHER-FETE, s. The fore-feet.

FORWIT, S.

thought.

Prescience; fore

FOR-WONDRED, part. p. Over

whelmed with wonder.

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