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the leugth of a man's foot. A square 

 is the same measure both in length 

 and breadth ; a ctibic foot is the same 

 measure in all the three dimensions, 

 length, breadth, and thickness. Inpoetry, 

 SL foot is a certain number of syllables con- 

 stituting part of a verse, as an iambus, 

 dactyl or spondee. In military language, 

 soldiers who serve on foot are called foot 

 or infantry, as distinguished from cavalry. 



FOOTING-BEAM, a name given to the 

 tie-beam of a roof in some parts of the 

 country. 



FOOTING (of a wall) ; a projecting course 

 of stone or brick, at the base of a wall or 

 building, intended to give greater stability 

 and support. 



FOOTING DORM AST. In carpentry, aname 

 for the tie-beam of a roof. 



FOOT-PACE, a flat part in a stair or hand- 

 railing, between the first step and the 

 landing place. 



FOOTSTALK. In botany,, a partial stem 

 supporting a leaf: a petiole. 



FOOTWALING (of a ship), the ceiling or 

 planking lining the inside of the ship 

 below. 



FORA'MEN (Lat.), a little opening, from 

 foro, to pierce. A name in anatomy for 

 various perforations in several parts of 

 the body. In botany, the opening that 

 exists in the integuments of every ovulum. 



FORCB. In mechanics, is that which 

 causes or tends to cause a change in the 

 state of a body as to motion or rest. This 

 is sometimes termed active force, in con- 

 tradistinction to -what merely resists or 

 retards the motion of another, but is it- 

 self apparently i>< active. The degree of 

 resistance to any motion is measured by 

 the active force required to overcome that 

 resistance, and hi nee writers on me- 

 chanics make use of the terms resisting 

 forces and retarding forces. - 



FORCE-PCMP or 1 ORCING-PUMP, a pump 

 differing from the 

 lifting or sucking 

 pump in having its 

 piston solid or with- 

 out a valve, and also 

 in having a side- 

 pipe through which 

 the water is forced, 

 instead of rising in 

 a perpendicular di- 

 rection, as in the 

 others. See PUMP. 



FORCER. 1. The 

 solid piston of a 

 force-pump. 2. A 

 force-pump. 



FORCIBLE ENTRT 

 and DETAINER In 

 law, an offence com- 

 mitted by violently taking possession of 

 lands and tenements with force, and 

 without legal authority. 



FOR'CING. In horticulture, a method of 

 producing fruits, &c., before their mature 

 time or season. 



FORE, a nautical term for near the 

 stem, as " fore and aft," i.e. from stem to 

 stern. 



FORE'CASTLE, a short deck in the fore- 

 part of a ship above the upper deck, 

 usually terminated in ships of war with 

 a breast- work. 



FORE-CLOSE. In late, to exclude or bar 

 the equity of redemption on mortgages, 

 and thereby to cut off the power of the 

 mortgager to redeem the mortgaged 

 property. 



FO'RE-FOOT, a piece of timber at thft 

 fore extremity of the keel. 



FORE'HAND. In the manage, the part of 

 a horse which is before the rider. 



FORE'MAST, the mast of a ship or other 

 vessel which is placed in the forecastle, 

 and carries the foresail and foretop-sail 

 yards. 



FORE'SHORE, that sloping part of a shore 

 comprehended between the high and low- 

 water marks. 



FORESHORT'ENINO. In painting, the art 

 of conveying to the mind the impression 

 of the entire length of an object when it 

 is represented as viewed in an oblique or 

 receding position, in which case the ac- 

 tual vision of it is in line on the receding 

 side. 



FORE-STAFF, a rude instrument formerly 

 used at sea for taking altitudes. 



FORESTALLING, the buying or contract- 

 ing for any cattle, provision, or merchan- 

 dise on the way to market, or dissuading 

 persons from buying their goods there, or 

 persuading them to raise the price, or 

 spreading any false rumour with intent 

 to enhance the value of an article. 



FORE'STAY. In a ship's rigging, a large 

 strong rcpe reaching from the foremast 

 head towards the bowsprit end, to sup- 

 port the mast. 



FORETACKLE (of a ship). The tackle on 

 the foremast. 



FORE'TOP (of a ship). The platform 

 erected at the head of the foremast. 



FORETOP-MAST, the mast erected at the 

 head of the foremast, and at the head of 

 which stands the foretop- gallant-mast. 



FOR'FEITUKE, Lat. forfisfactura, expul- 

 sion. The punishment of an illegal act, 

 according to which the owner of property 

 is deprived of all interest therein, and the 

 property delivered to the injured party 

 by way of recompense. 



FORGE (Eng. and Fr.). The name either 

 of the furnace where wrought iron is 

 hammered and fashioned with the aid of 

 heat, or the great work-shop where iron 

 | is made malleable. The former is a smith'* 

 forge, the latter a shingling mill. 



FORGET-ME-NOT, a small herbaceom 

 I plant, the Myosotis paluttrii, which bean 

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