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Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind." Chapman.

in. 'T is education forms the common mind. Pope. Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind. Dryden.

Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc. So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak.

the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak.

made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched; as:

A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

To checker; to diversify. [R. & Poet.] The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell.

o sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind.

which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. -- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear. -- French fake (Naut.), a mode o…

for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.

To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

y; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly. Looks he as freshly as he did Shak.

; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton. The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller.

The song began from Jove. Drpden. From high Mæonia's rocky shores I came. Addison. If the wind blow any way from shore. Shak.

A little pediment over a door or window.

work, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.

ull and by (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. -- Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. -- Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. -- Full bottom, a kind of wig full…

Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.