fore-and-aft 
II. H. 1. A fore-and-aft rigged vessel. 2. 
A small cap with vizors before and behind. 
Also called steamer-cap. 
< In the platform were crowds of men in conventional 
t\\ rrd knickerbockers and Norfolk jackets, and women in 
jockey caps &u<l fore-and-aft*. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 494. 
foreanentt (for-a-nenf), prep. [Also "fore- 
nent, foment (and with addition forencnst, etc.: 
see forenenst) ; < fore 1 + anent, q. v.] Over 
against ; opposite to. 
Utheris inhabiting the bordouris/orc-ann( England. 
Acts James VI., c. 227 (1594). 
fore-appointt (for-a-point'), v. t. To set, order, 
or appoint beforeliand. Bailey, 1727. 
fore-appointmentt (for-a-point'ment), n. Pre- 
vious appointment; preordination. 
forearm 1 (for'arm), n. [= D. voorarm (cf. G. 
vorderarm) = Dan. forarm = 
Sw. forarm; as fore- 1 + arm 1 , 
.] In anat., that part of the 
arm which is between the elbow- 
joint and the wrist; the ante- 
brachium, represented by the 
length of the radius and ulna, 
or the radius alone. 
forearm 2 (for-arm'), v. t. [< 
fore- 1 + arm?, t).] To arm or 
prepare beforehand for attack 
or resistance. 
A man should fix and forearm his 
mind with this persuasion : that during 
his passion whatsoever is offered to his 
imagination tends only to deceive. 
South, Sermons. 
fpre-backwardlyt, adv. In an 
in verted order; preposterously. 
Exercise indeed we do, but that very 
fore-backwardly ; for where we should 
exercise to know, we exercise as having 
known. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetry. 
forebay (for'ba), n. [< fore- 1 + 
Front view of &a# 3 -] That part of a mill-race 
Bones of Right HU- where the water flows upon the 
man roreartn. v, i 
I. Radius: A, head WlMBL 
or capiteiium of forebeakt (for'bek), n. Naut., 
' the beak; the head of a vessel; 
the prow. 
The fight continued very hot be- 
tweene them for a good space: in the 
end the Swan . . . had her forebeake 
strooken off. Hakluyt's Voyages, 1. 609. 
forebeam (for'bem), . The breast-beam of a 
loom. E. H. Knight. 
forebear (for-ber'), n. [Sc., also forbear, prop. 
"forebeer, < fore 1 + beer 2 , < be 1 + -er 1 .] One 
who has existed before another; an ancestor; 
a forefather. [Scotch.] 
I and my forbears here did haunt 
Three hundred years and more. 
King Malcolm and Sir Calvin (Child's Ballads, III. 381). 
My name is Graeme, so please you Roland Graeme, 
whose forbears were designated of Heathergili, in the De- 
bateable Land. Scott, Abbot, xviii. 
We pick up the round-bowed spectacles of our forebears 
and see things as they saw them. 
The Century, XXIX. 503. 
forebelief (for'be-lef), . Previous belief. 
forebemoanedt (for-be-mond'), a. Bemoaned 
in former times. 
Heavily from woe to woe tell o'er 
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan. 
Shak., Sonnets, xxx. 
forebode (for-bod'), v. : pret. and pp. foreboded, 
ppr. foreboding. [< ME. 'foreboden, < AS. fore- 
bodian (= Icel. fijrirbodha), announce, declare, 
< fore, before, + bodian, announce, bode : see 
fore- 1 and bode 1 .} I. trans. 1. To bode or an- 
nounce beforehand ; prognosticate ; presage, 
especially something unfortunate or undesir- 
able : as, the public temper forebodes war; the 
clouds forebode rain. 
What shall we forebode of so many modern poems, full 
of splendid passages, beginning everywhere and leading 
nowhere ? Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser. , p. 179. 
2. To foresee; be prescient of; feel a secret pre- 
monition of, especially of something evil. 
We all but apprehend, we dimly forebode the truth. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 301. 
Yet my heart forebodes 
Danger or death awaits thee on this field. 
M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum. 
= Syn. 1. Predict, Presage, etc. (see foretell) ; to augur, 
portend, betoken, foreshadow, be ominous of. 
H. intrans. To prophesy ; presage. 
A North Wind never comes without ... a foreboding 
Cloud. Dampier, Voyages, II. iii. 61. 
I came because your horse would come ; 
And, if I well forebode, 
My hat and wig will soon be here, 
They are upon the road. Cowper, John Gilpin. 
2322 
As when, beneath the street's familiar jar, 
An earthquake's alien omen rumbles far, 
Men listt-n and /ori'bodc ; I hung my head, 
And strove the present to recall. 
Lowell, Agassiz, i. 2. 
forebodet (for-bod'), . [< forebode, r.] Pre- 
sage ; prognostication. 
There is upon many fore-bodes, and seeming more than 
probabilities, out of the Revelation, one great fate to come 
upon the Churches of Christ. Goodwin, Works, II. iv. 72. 
forebodementt (for-bod'ment), n. [< forebode 
+ -inrnt.} The act of foreboding. 
foreboder (for-bo'der), n. One who forebodes 
or presages. 
foreboding (for-bo'ding), n. [Verbal n. of fore- 
bode, .] Presage; foreshadowing; ominous 
suggestion. 
For the Atheists can never wholly extinguish those hor- 
rible fore-boding* of conscience. Bentley, Sermons, i. 
= Syn. Portent, Prognostic, etc. See omen. 
forebodingly (for-bo'ding-li), adv. In a fore- 
boding or threatening manner. 
forebody (for'bodl), n. ; pl.forebodies (-iz). [< 
fore- 1 + body; cf. AS. foran-bodig, the chest, 
thorax.] That part of a ship which lies for- 
foreclose 
He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and 
predetermination of the gods themselves. 
Aililimin, Ancient Medals. 
The busy days of Spring drew near, 
That call'd for all the forecast of the year. 
Crabbe, Works, I. 103. 
2. Foresight; prescience; prevision. 
The heart's forecast and prophecy 
Took form and life before my eye. 
Whittier, Mogg Megone, ii. 
The ultimate prosperity of the just, asserted and fore- 
told by prophets and poets, is but a forecast of the doc- 
trine of the survival of the fittest. 
E. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 237. 
= Syn. 2. Prudence, Providence, etc. (see wisdom); fore- 
thought, anticipation. 
forecaster (for-kas'ter), n. One who forecasts. 
forecasting (f or-kas'ting), n. [Verbal n. of fore- 
cast, r.] The act of one who forecasts, or pro- 
vides for consequences ; premeditation. 
forecasting (for-kas'ting), a. Having fore- 
thought; characterized by premeditation. 
They who wish fortune to be lasting 
Must be both prudent and forecasting. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, 1st ser., Int. 
forecastle (for'kas-1; in sailors' pron., fok'sl), 
n. [In accordance with sailors' pron. often 
written fo'c'sle orfokesel; < ME. forecastel, for- 
castel; (.fore- 1 + castle.] Naut.: (a) That part 
" ---<- -* 
process, a. ' 
f , coronoid process ; 
fs, greater sigmoid 
cavity; Is, lesserdo.; 
o, ofecranon ; s? . 
styloid process. 
r 
Forebody. 
i. Profile, or sheer plan. y. Body-plan. 3. Half-breadth plan. Ff. 
frames or transverse sections ; .S'.V. section-lines or vertical sections ; 
/K/f, water-lines or horizontal sections. 
ward of the midship section. See also cut 
under body-plan. 
fore-boom (tor'bom), n. See boom*. 
forebrace (for'bras), . Naut., a brace attached 
to a foreyard. See brace 1 , 9. 
fore-brain (for'bran), n. The foremost cerebral 
segment ; the prpsencephalon ; hence, loosely, 
some anterior division of the brain. See cut 
under encephalon. 
These primitive cerebral vesicles give rise to new seg- 
ments, ,so that we can soon distinguish five. The first is 
known as the Fore-brain or Prosencephalon. 
Oegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 603. 
I knew an officer of the regular army whose eye was shot 
out and fore-brain injured during the late war. 
Alien, and Neural., IX. 466. 
fore-bruntt (for'brunt), . The foremost stress 
or strain. 
Blessed be God in the rest Hooper, Saunders and Tay- 
lor, whom it hath pleased the Lord likewise to set in the 
fore-brunt now of battle against his adversaries. 
Bp. Ridley, in Bradford's Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 192. 
foreby (for-bi'), adv. and prep. Seeforby. 
fore-carriage (for'kar'aj), n. The front part 
of the running-gear of a four-wheeled carriage, 
including the fore axle and wheels. 
When the boat is in her place on the trail, the carriage 
is so nearly balanced that it is easily lifted to replace the 
fore-carriage. Sci. Amer. Supp., p. 8775. 
forecast (for-kasf), v. ; pret. and pp. forecast, 
ppr. forecasting. I. trans. 1. To cast or con- 
trive beforehand ; plan before execution. 
A rapid Torrent, 
Bounding from Rock to Rock with roaring Current, 
Deaffens the Shepheards : so that it should seem 
Nature fore-cast it for som Stratagem. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, fi., The Captaines. 
Man is an intelligent Creature, and apt to forecast and 
contrive things for his future advantage. 
StillingJIeet, Sermons, III. vii. 
2. To consider or calculate beforehand; dis- 
cern beforehand. 
In forecasting the result of a motion in the House of 
Commons much depends on the person who brings it for- 
ward. J. McCarthy, Hist. Own Times, xxxvii. 
H. in trans. 1. To make a plan or scheme in 
advance ; contrive something beforehand. 
For of sotyltee and of Malice and of fercastynge, the! 
passen alle men undre Hevene. 
Xandemlle, Travels, p. 219. 
2. To foresee ; surmise. 
If it happen as I AlA forecast. Milton, Vac. Ex., 1. 13. 
forecast (for'kast), . [< forecast, .] 1. Pre- 
vious contrivance or provision ; predetermina- 
tion. 
Diagram of Ship's Bow, 
ft, bowsprit ; F, forecastle ; F' , forecastle-deck ; /., lower deck ; 
.'/, main deck or spar-deck ; .V. stem. 
of the spar-deck which lies forward of the fore 
rigging. 
The forcastfls full of fuerse men of armys, 
With shot & with shildis shalkes to noy. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 5657. 
(6) A section of a merchant vessel where the 
seamen live, either a house on deck or a place 
below the spar-deck in the eyes of the ship. 
I felt a seaman's curiosity to have a good look at a ship 
of which there were a thousand stories afloat in every 
forecastle throughout the world. 
W. C. RiutseU, Death Ship, xviii. 
Break of the forecastle. See break. Captains of 
the forecastle. See captain. Topgallant-forecastle, 
a short deck above the spar-deck, extending aft from the 
stem nearly to the foremast. 
forecastleman (for'kas-l-man or fok'sl-man), 
n. ; pi. forecastlemen (-men). One of a number 
of the crew who are stationed on the forecastle 
of a man-of-war. 
forechaset, 1. The front of the hunt. 2. 
The first assault. 
But when th' Ajaces turn'd on them, and made their stand, 
their hearU 
Drunk from their faces all their bloods, and not a man 
sustain'd 
The forechace nor the after-flght. 
Chapman, Iliad, xvii. 637. 
fore-choir (for'kwir), . Same as antechoir. 
forechooset (for-choz'), v. t. [ME. forcheosen; 
< fore- 1 + choose.] To make choice of before- 
hand. 
The lady Fhiloclea, . . . whose tender youth had obedi- 
ently lived under her parents' behests, without framing out 
of her own will the forechoosing of anything. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
fore-cited (for'si'ted), a. Cited or quoted be- 
fore or above. 
foreclose (for-kloz'), . ; pret. and pp. foreclosed, 
ppr. foreclosing. [More correctly/orctose, which, 
however, is scarcely used; < OF. forclos, pp. of 
forclorre, forsclore, exclude, shut out, < for-, 
fors- (< L. forts, outside), + clorre, clore, pp. 
clos, < L. claudere, close, shut: see for-3 and 
close 1 , v.~) I. trans. 1. To shut out; exclude; 
prevent. 
The ways whereby temporal men provide for themselves 
and their families *ie fore-closed unto us. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. 
Nor hope discovery to foreclose, 
By giving me to feed the crows. 
Scott, Kokeby, vi. 16. 
Southey had afflicted Shelley by foreclosing discussion 
with the words, "When you are as old as I am you will 
think with me." E. Dowden, Shelley, I. 260. 
