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To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.

See Foreshow.

The van; the front. [Obs.] My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.

revious warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.

See Forewaste. Gascoigne.

To go before. [Obs.] Spenser.

To wish beforehand.

A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.

To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] Chaucer.

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant.

A preface. Furnvall.

Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

, 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton.

o run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.

Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist.

Unpracticed. [Obs.] Shak.

The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.