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Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. Forest fly. (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidæ, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly. (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick. -- Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest. Thomson. -- Forest laws…

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.

A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton.

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.

A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Front stick of a hearth fire.

The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.

To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.

To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports.

To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone.

To disafforest. Fuller.

The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

To turn into a forest.

To convert again into the forest, as a region of country.

The act or process of converting again into a forest.