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The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

Producing leaves. [Written also foliiferous.]

Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.

Having many leaves; leafy.

ath or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. Shak.

ible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.

To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.

ortion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.

r pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. Prof. Wilson. To fork over or out, to hand or pay over, as money. [Slang] G. Eliot.

oForlese. [Obs.] The beasts their caves, the birds their neforlore. Fairfax.

ondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden.

English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.

he same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.

untry free of duty. -- Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. -- Free port. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. -- Free public house, in Engla…

orsus-ranæ), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.

The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Evelyn.

Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. [R.]

To unfold leaves, as plants.

The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.

rond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.