An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 312
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 312
FORDWARD, FORDWART, FORTHWART, _s._ A paction.
A. S. _for-word_, pactum.
_Wallace._
FORDWARTE, _adv._ Forward.
_Doug._
FORDWEBLIT, _part. adj._ Greatly enfeebled, S. B.
V. ~Dwable~.
_Pop. Ball._
FORE, _prep._ Signifying priority.
_To the fore._
1. Still remaining or surviving, S.
_Wodrow._
2. Saved as a stock, S.
_Baillie._
3. Having the start of, S.
_Baillie._
FORE, _s._ Help, furtherance, S.
FORE-ANENT, FORNENCE, FORNENS, FORNENTIS, FORNENT, _prep._ Directly opposite to, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
FOREBEARIS, _s. pl._ Ancestors, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _fore_, and _bear-an_, to bring forth.
FORECASTEN, _part. pa._ Neglected.
_Rutherford._
Su. G. _foerkast-a_, abjicere.
FORGANE, FOREGAINST, _prep._ Opposite to.
_Douglas._
FOREHANDIT, _adj._ Rash, S. B.
FORELDERIS, _s. pl._ Ancestors.
Su. G. _foeraeldrar_, id.
_Wyntown._
FORENAILD, _part. pa._ Applied to money which is spent before it be gained.
Teut. _verniel-en_, consumere.
FORENICHT, _s._ The interval between twilight and bed-time, S.
Teut. _veur-nacht_, prima pars noctis.
FORESKIP, _s._ Precedence of another in a journey, S. B.
FORESPEAKER, _s._ An advocate.
A. S. _forespeca_, prolocutor.
_Reg. Maj._
FORESTAM, _s._
1. Prow of a ship.
_Douglas._