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A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.

Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.

Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. Forest fly. (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidæ, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly. (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick. -- Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest. Thomson. -- Forest laws…

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff.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

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.

A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Front stick of a hearth fire.

The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

A fruiteress. [Obs.]

Lamentable; doleful. [R.] "Funest and direful deaths." Coleridge. A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn.

superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.

ke; a gambler; one skilled in games. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.

A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.