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To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic] I am as fair now as I was erewhile. Shak.

noun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well. Byron.

ing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward.

An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.

Wood for fuel.

as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocke…

The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

The van; the front. [Obs.] My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.

previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.

See Forewaste. Gascoigne.

To go before. [Obs.] Spenser.

To wish beforehand.

A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.

To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] Chaucer.

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant.

A preface. Furnvall.

Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

, 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer.