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Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.

al principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. Berkeley.

For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

y kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden. Forage cap. See under Cap. -- Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

passable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden.

to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon. To force their monarch and insult the court. Dryden. I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. Milton. To force a spotless virgin's chastity. Shak.

ting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.

; influential. How forcible are right words! Job. vi. 2 Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl.…

. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.

Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry." Chaucer.

To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.

Formed in the forehand or fore parts. A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. Dryden.

To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.

nner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

To shadow or typi Dryden.

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

r stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. Dryden.

approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. They seemed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden. I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. Drydn.

on oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold! Dryden. To forswear one's self, to swear falsely; to peforswear thyself."

eaves. When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden.