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der Draught. -- Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed. -- For"ced*ly, adv. -- For"ced*ness, n.

The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.

is breath and voice; the formal is constituted by the motion and figure of the organs of speech. Holder.

Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [Archaic] A gentleman almost forspent with speed. Shak.

Forth from; out of. [Archaic] Some forth their cabins peep. Donne.

Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]

To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.] Judg. xii. 6.

Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Shak. Is Pompey grown so malapert, so frampel Beau. & Fl.

f the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.

sh gale, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour. -- Fresh way (Naut.), increased speed.

cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part. -- To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful-ly, adv. -- Fret"ful-ness, n.

A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.

cterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.

Peevish; froward. [Obs.] Clarendon.

ty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.

willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. Bacon.

A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

With full speed. [Colloq.]