foreigner 
That no Forreigners that is to say, such an one as 
has not served seven years to the art of Printing, under a 
lawful Master Printer, as an Apprentice may be enter- 
tained and employed by any Master Printer for the time 
to come. 
Quoted in English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. clxi., note. 
In 1660, the headmaster [of Harrow], taking advantage 
of a concession in Lyon's statutes, began to receive for- 
eigners, i. e., boys from other parishes, who were to pay 
for their education. Encyc. Brit., XI. 495. 
foreignism (for'an-izm), n. [< foreign + -ism.] 
1. Ihe state of being foreign. 2. A foreign 
idiom or custom. 
That he [Miles Coverdale] left in his Bible some few 
fortignisms and some inverted English is not surprising, 
when we mid that the dozen corps of revisers since have 
not seen lit, or been able, to exclude them. 
Conyreyationalist, Aug. 15, 1877. 
foreignize (for'an-Iz), v. ; pret. and pp. foreign- 
ized, ppr. foreignizing. [< foreign + -ize.] I. 
trans. To render foreign ; adapt to foreign 
ideas. 
One of the questions that come vividly into the fore- 
ground to-day is (' 
that he cannot /oi 
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foremost 
forel, later fourrel, F.fourrettu, a case, sheath forelookt (for-luk'), v. [< ME. vorhken, for- 
(ML. reflex forellus, forulns), dim. of OF.forre, 
foure, fiure, fuerre = It. fodero, < ML. fodrus, 
< Goth, fodr, a sheath, = OHG. fuotar, MHG. 
rnoter, G. flitter, a sheath, a case (cf. equiv. D. 
foedntal = G. futteral = Dan. futteral, foderal 
= Sw .foderal, fodral, an accom. of ML. fotrale, 
< OHG. fotar, fuotar, aforesaid), = Icel. fddhr 
luken, tr., foresee; < fore- 1 + look.] I. trans. 
To foresee. 
Swa certayne es here na man, 
That can the tyme of the dede forluke. 
Hatit[tttle, Prick of Conscience,!. 1945. 
II. intrans. To look ahead or forward. 
Then did \forelook, 
And saw this day marked white in C'lotho's book. 
B. Jonson, King James's Coronation Entertainment. 
ther or similar ma'teriarin which manuscripts forelookt (for'luk), n. [ME. forloke, forlok, 
were formerly preserved. forluke; from the verb: seeforelook, v.] Fore- 
sight; providence. 
I hade thre hundrythe powunde of rente, 
I spendut two in that entente, 
Of suche forloke was I. 
Sir Amadace, Three Early Eng. Rom. (ed. Robson), st. 34. 
fore-looper (for'lS // per), . A boy who goes in 
front of a span of bullocks, guiding them by 
means of a thong fastened to the horns of the 
foremost pair. Also called leader, leader-boy. 
[South Africa.] 
Take witnesse of the trinite and take his felawe to witt- 
nesse, 
What he fond in a forel of a freres lyuynge ; 
And bote the ferste leef be lesynge, leyf [believe] me 
neuere after 1 Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 103. 
Forelle, to kepe yn a boke [to keep a book in], forulus. 
Prompt. Parv., p. 171. 
2. A kind of parchment for the covers of books. 
[Eng.] 3. The border of a handkerchief. Hal- 
liwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Congregationalist, Aug. 12, 1886. 
II. intrans. To become foreign. 
forel (for'el), v. t.; pret. andpp./or^/or^rf, foreman (for'man), . ; pi. foremen (-men). [= 
ppr. foreling, forelling. [< forel, n.] To cover 
or bind with forel ; hence, to adorn. Fuller. 
Our country-man, Pits, dld/onmfee with long living be- foreland (for'land), n. [< ME. forlond (= D. 
yond the seas. Fuller, Worthies, II. 417. voorland); < fore- 1 + land.] 1. A promon- 
tory or cape ; a point of land extending into 
the water some distance from the line of the 
shore; a headland: as, the North and South 
Foreland in Kent, England. 
Their whole fleete lay within the very mouth of the 
Thames, all from y North foreland, Margate, even to y 
buoy of the Nore. Evelyn, Diary, June 28, 1667. 
The seaboard went in a rugged line east and west by the 
foreignness (for'an-nes), n. The condition of 
being foreign; irrelevancy; want of natural 
connection with the surroundings. 
Simple foreignness may itself make the picturesque. 
H. James, Jr., Portraits of Places, p. 83. 
foreint, a. and n. A Middle English form of 
foreign. 
foreint, n. [ME., a particular use of forein, 
outside : see foreign.] A jakes ; a cesspool. 
Chaucer. 
compass, sometimes coming very low down, sometimes 
soaring into great forelands, plentifully covered with wild 
growths. W. C. Russell, Death Ship, xlv. 
D. voorman = G. vormann = Dan. formand = 
Sw.forman; as fore- 1 + man.] 1. The first or 
chief man, or leader; one who is appointed to 
preside over a number of others. [Rare or lo- 
cal in this general sense.] 
The Foreman of the commons [of Huntingdon] is ap- 
pointed by a committee of burgesses, which is itself ap- 
pointed by the common council. The common council 
has a veto on his appointment and he is removable by the 
committee. Municipal Corporation Reports, 1835, p. 2287. 
Specifically (a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as the 
spokesman, (ft) The chief or superintendent of a set of 
operatives or work-people employed in a shop or on work 
of any kind ; an overseer of work : as, the foreman of a 
composing-room in a printing-office. 
2f. An ancestor. 
. .. Rob.ofBnmne. (Halliwell.) 
forejudge 1 (for-juj'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. fore- 2. In fort., a piece of ground between the wall foreman (for'man), v. t. [< foreman, n.] To 
judged, ppr. forejudging. [</ore-i + judge, v.] of a place and the moat. direct or oversee as a foreman. [Bare.] 
K fore- 1 + lav 1 .] To Tne "".-round workman requires as a rule very little 
r ef fe foremaning, and this enhances his value to employers. 
We commonly fore-judge them ere we understand them. forelay 2 t (for-la'), V. t. <" f~-i~.. Nineteenth Century, XX. 534. 
Milton, Areopagitica, 
forejudge 2 , v. Seeforjudge. 
* J *- /fAi* / in;// rt rt*- 
'- J O y.^i J"J /J lii*i t t J ' *J*" *") ** M**^C VI. ^MMIIMI 
judged, ppr. forejudging. [< fore- 1 + judge, v.] of a place and the moat. 
To judge beforehand, or before hearing the forelayH (for-la'), t. [< fo 
facts and proof; prejudge. contrive in advance. Mede. 
Ithem. forelay 2 t (for-la'), V. t. Se&Juriay. f .. ... , 
, P. 56. forelendt (for-lend'), v. t. To lencl or give be- foremanship (for'man-ship), n. [< (foreman + 
forehand. Spenser. ~1 ht P >' cf - Dan - formandskab = Sw. forman- 
s-i + foreliet, v. t. To lie before. skap.] The offioe > P osition > r functions of a 
t/Vpat-vioY* 
fqrejudgment (for'juj"ment), n. [< fore- 1 + 
judgment.] 1. Judgment rendered in advance ; 
prejudgment. 
That all the Gods which saw his wondrous might 
Did surely deeme the victorie his due : 
But seldome seene forejudgment proveth true. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 320. 
2. A judgment previously rendered; a judicial 
precedent. 
A golden bauldricke which forelay 
Athwart her snowy brest. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. iii. 29. 
foreliftt (for-liff), v. t. To lift up in front. 
So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, 
Forelifting vp a-loft his speckled brest. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. xi. IB. 
forelightent, v. t. See forlighten. 
What call you fore-judgements or ruled cases? They be forelittert V i To littpr or brine- forth nre 
udgements or sentences heretofore pronounced, whereby 1O re r T ' n g P 
udges take example to give like judgement in like cases, maturely. Dames. 
As forelittring bitches whelp blynd puppies, so I may 
bee perhaps entwighted of more haste then good speede. 
Stanihurst, Virgil, Ded. 
forelock 1 (for'lok), n. [</ore-i + lock 1 .] 1. A 
round or flat wedge of iron passed through a 
Blundemlle, Arte of Logicke (1599), iv. 3. 
foreking (for'king), n. A preceding king; a 
predecessor on the throne. [Rare.] 
Why didst thon let so many Norsemen hence? 
Thy fierce forekings had clench'd their pirate hides 
To the bleak church doors, like kites upon a barn. 
Tennyson, Harold, iv. 3. 
foreknow (for-no'),0. t. ;pi&t. foreknew, pp. fore- 
known, ppr. foreknowing. [< fore- 1 + know 1 .] 
To have previous knowledge of ; know before- 
hand; think of or contemplate beforehand. 
foreman. 
Sixty-three candidates for nine foremanships were ex- 
amined by the board. Philadelphia Times, April 22, 1886. 
foremast (for'mast or -mast), n. [= G. vormast 
= Dan. formast = Sw. formast ; as fore- 1 + 
mast 1 .] The forward mast of a ship or other 
vessel. 
foremastman (for'mast-man or -mast-man), . ; 
pi. foremastmen (-men). 1. A common sailor; 
a man before the mast. 
The Adventure galley took such quantitiesof cotton and 
silk, sugar and coffee, cinnamon and pepper, that the very 
foremast-men received from a hundred to two hundred 
pounds each. Macavlay. 
In medieval armor, a clasp or catch serving to 
hold the helm, or in some cases the beaver or 
the mentonniere, to the gorgerin or breastplate 
in front. 
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to forelock 1 (for'lok), V. t. [(.forelock 1 , n.] Naut., 
be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. to secure by a forelock, as a bolt. 
And by their nature and aspect, things to come may be The channel rail is secured to the channel by iron straps 
foreknowne. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 60. fastened by forelocked bolts, so that the rail may be read- 
Who would the miseries of man foreknow? Dryden. ily removed when necessary. Thearle, Naval Arch., 231. 
foreknowable (f6r-n6'_a-bl), a. [< foreknow + forelock 2 (for'lok), n. [</ore-l + lock*.] The 
2. On a man-of-war, a man stationed at the 
.._ foremast to keep the ropes, etc., in order. 
hole in the inner end of a bolt to prevent its foremean (for-men'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. /ore- 
withdrawal when a strain is placed on it. 2. meant, pp. foremeaning. To mean or intend 
beforehand. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
The place, by destiny fore-meant. 
B. Jonson, Masque of Beauty. 
Without foremeaning it, he [Goethe] had impersonated 
in Mephistopheles the genius of his century. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 224. 
fore-mentioned (for'men // shond), a. Mention- 
ed before ; recited or written in a former part 
-able.] That may be foreknown. 
It is certainly foreknowable what they will do in such 
and such circumstances. Dr. H. More, Divine Dialogues. 
foreknower (for-no'er), n. One who foreknows. 
God the foreknower of al thinges before the world was 
made. J. Udall, On Mat. xxv. 
With fore- 
lock of hair that grows from the fore part of 
the head ; a prominent or somewhat detach- 
ed lock above the forehead, especially of a 
horse. 
Neither age nor force 
Can quell the love of freedom in a horse. . . . 
Loose fly his/or(oct and his ample mane. 
Cowper, Charity, 1. 176. 
To take time or (rarely) occasion by the forelock, 
to lie prompt in action ; let no opportunity escape ; anti- 
cipate an emergency or opportunity by making suitable 
preparation : a proverbial expression. 
of the same discourse or writing. 
t, a. superl. A Middle English form of 
foreknowingly (for-no'ing-li), adv. 
knowledge; deliberately. 
He does very imprudently serve his ends who seeingly 
and foreknoutingly loses his life in the prosecution of them. 
Jer. Taylor, Liberty of Prophesying, xiii. 9. 
foreknowledge (for-nol'ej), , [</ore-i + know- 
ledge. ] Knowledge that precedes the existence 
of the thing or the happening of the event 
known; prescience. 
If I foreknew, 
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 117. 
Since therefore neither the foreknowledge of God nor 
the liberty of man can without a plain contradiction be 
denied, it follows unavoidably that the foreknowledge of 
\!h!!? t t . be f 0f 9 " ch " " at " re as ^! 3 1 ot i" co " sistent wit " forelock-hook (foi-'lok-huk), . In rope-making, 
,be, ty of man. Clarke, Sermons, I. xlvii. a winch or whirl whieh wo ,{ kg through hole9 f n 
(for el), n. [Also written forrel, forril ; < the tackle-block to twist a bunch of three yarns 
MS. forel, a case or cover (for a book), < OF. into a strand. 
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, 
signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock 
for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift. 
Wake, sleeper, from thy dream of ease, 
The great occasutn's forelock seize. 
Whittier, To Pennsylvania. 
forelock-bolt (for'lok-bolt), . A bolt having 
in one end a slot into which a key or cotter 
may be inserted to prevent it from being with- 
drawn. 
v. t. To intend. Davies. 
Neauer Iforemynded (let not mee falslye be threpped) 
For toe slip in secret by flight. 
Stanihurst, JEneid, iv. 354. 
foremost (for'most), a. and adv. superl. [An ac- 
com. form, as if fore- 1 + most, of earlier formost, 
< ME. formest, formast, firmest, furmest, < AS. 
formest, usually with umlaut fyrmest, foremost, 
first, with superl. -at, < forma, ME. forme, first 
itself a super!., <for, fore, fore, before, -I- superl. 
-ma, parallel to AS. fyrst, ME. fyrst, E. first, 
from the same for, fore, + superl. -st. Thus 
foremost, prop, formost, and first are superl. 
forms of for, formost having an additional su- 
perl. element. The ME. forme, first, has taken 
an additional compar. suffix, and appears as E. 
former 1 , q. v. See -most.] First in place, time, 
quality, station, honor, or dignity. 
Paradys terrestre, where that Adam oure foremen Fader, 
and Eve weren putt. Mandeville, Travels, p. 303. 
Where there is due order of discipline and good rule, 
there the better shall goe formost and the woorse shall fol- 
lowe. Soemer, State of Ireland. 
That struck the foremost man of all this world. 
Shak., J. C., tv. a 
