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The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.

Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.

Foresighted. [Obs.]

To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton.

The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak.

See Forslack.

The sleeve below the elbow.

To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t. No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace. Fairfax.

See Forspeak.

A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.

A preface. [Obs.] Sherwood.

See Forspent.

One who rides before; a harbinger. [Obs.] Shak.

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. Burrill.

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton.