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- English Word Forespent Definition See Forspent.
- English Word Forespurrer Definition One who rides before; a harbinger.
- English Word Forest Definition An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
- English Word Forest Definition A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
- English Word Forest Definition Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
- English Word Forest Definition To cover with trees or wood.
- English Word Forestaff Definition An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.
- English Word Forestage Definition A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
- English Word Forestage Definition A service paid by foresters to the king.
- English Word Forestal Definition Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
- English Word Forestall Definition To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
- English Word Forestall Definition To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
- English Word Forestall Definition To deprive; -- with of.
- English Word Forestall Definition To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- English Word Forestalled Definition of Forestall
- English Word Forestaller Definition One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
- English Word Forestalling Definition of Forestall
- English Word Forestay Definition A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
- English Word Forester Definition One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
- English Word Forester Definition An inhabitant of a forest.
- English Word Forester Definition A forest tree.
- English Word Forester Definition A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
- English Word Forestick Definition Front stick of a hearth fire.
- English Word Forestry Definition The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
- English Word Foreswart Definition Alt. of Foreswart
- English Word Foreswart Definition See Forswat.
- English Word Foretaste Definition A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
- English Word Foretaste Definition To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
- English Word Foretaste Definition To taste before another.
- English Word Foretaster Definition One who tastes beforehand, or before another.