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To bathe. [Obs.]

One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1…

Same as Forgather.

A female ancestor.

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.

To lose by sloth or negligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.

Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther. Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M. Arnold. They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance.

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson.

One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.

or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Most remote; furthest.

Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.] You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle.

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

Having gagteeth. [Obs.]

A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

Having interstices between the teeth. Dryden.

The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. GAPES; THE GAPES The gapes.

Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]