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Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.

A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.

One who leads others by his example; aguide.

See Forlend. [Obs.] As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spenser.

See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland.

To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

To lift up in front. [Obs.]

The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.

The first or chief man; as:

The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.

Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.

The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.

In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.

A female ancestor.

To name or mention before. Shak.