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Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.

as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.

ision against them; prevision; premeditation. His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp. Prescott.

e embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. -- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the…

Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [Obs.] Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, That he ran mad and died. Shak. Foreign attachment (Law), a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, e…

To deprive; -- with of. [R.] All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak.

hand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.

To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.

A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

Sound; normal. [Obs.] To make of him a formal man again. Shak. Formal cause. See under Cause.

] The captain of the "Charles" had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him. Pepys.

d remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. Shak.

In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably. I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do. Gay.

nal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.

indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.

A stream or spring of fresh water. He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak.

To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. Shak.

pitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison.

To appear before; to meet. [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. Tennyson.