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Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.

imp. of Forgive.

r a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.

A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.

The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.] Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear. Milton.

think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2. Let y right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. Hath thy knee forget to bow Shak.

A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

In a forgetful manner.

The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.

Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.

One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson.

By forgetting.

A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel. There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out. London Times.

Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood.

resign. To them that list the world's gay shows I leave, And to great ones such folly do forgive. Spenser.