Chapter 617

For"ceps (?) , n. [L. forceps , -cipis , from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave . Cf . Furnace .] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig .

Dressing forceps . See under Dressing .

Force pump <Xpage=582>

Force" pump` (?) . (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust . of Plunger pump , under Plunger .

Forcer <Xpage=582>

For"cer (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.

2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. (b) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

Forcible <Xpage=582>

For"ci*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.] 1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; 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. )

2. Violent; impetuous.

Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. Prior.

3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction .

In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. Swift.

Forcible entry and detainer (Law) , the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

Syn. -- Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.

Forcible-feeble <Xpage=582>

For"ci*ble-fee`ble (?) , a. [From Feeble , a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet " forcible ."] Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.

He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review.

Forcibleness <Xpage=582>

For"ci*ble*ness , n. The quality of being forcible.

Forcibly <Xpage=582>

For"ci*bly , adv. In a forcible manner.

Forcing <Xpage=582>

For"cing (?) , n. 1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.

Forcing bed &or; pit , a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. -- Forcing engine , a fire engine. -- Forcing fit (Mech.) , a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together. -- Forcing house , a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc. -- Forcing machine , a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. -- Forcing pump . See Force pump (b) .

Forcipal <Xpage=582>

For"ci*pal (?) , a. Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.

Sir T. Browne.

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For"ci*pate (?) , For"ci*pa`ted (?) , a. Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth .

Forcipation <Xpage=582>

For`ci*pa"tion (?) , n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Bacon.

Forcut <Xpage=582>

For*cut" (?) , v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ford <Xpage=582>

Ford (?) , n. [AS. ford ; akin to G. furt , Icel. f<?/\'94r<?/r bay, and to E. fare . <?/ 78. See Fare , v. i. , and cf. Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.

He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.

2. A stream; a current.

With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser.

Permit my ghost to pass the Styg<?/an ford . Dryden.

Ford <Xpage=582>

Ford , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording .] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.

His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted . Milton.

Fordable <Xpage=582>

Ford"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness , n.

Fordless <Xpage=582>

Ford"less , a. Without a ford.

A deep and fordless river. Mallock.

Fordo <Xpage=582>

For*do" (?) , v. t. [OE. fordon , AS. ford<?/n ; pref. for- + d<?/n to do. See For- , and Do , v. i. ] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.]

This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.

2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.

M. Arnold.

All with weary task fordone . Shak.

Fordone <Xpage=582>

For*done" (?) , a. [See Fordo .] Undone; ruined. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Fordrive <Xpage=582>

For*drive" (?) , v. t. To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.]

Rom. of R.

Fordrunken <Xpage=582>

For*drunk"en (?) , a. Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Fordry <Xpage=582>

For*dry" (?) , a. Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry ."

Chaucer.

Fordwine <Xpage=582>

For*dwine" (?) , v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.]

Rom of R.

Fore <Xpage=582>

Fore , n. [AS. f<?/r , fr. faran to go. See Fare , v. i. ] Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore ."

Chaucer.

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Fore <Xpage=583>

Fore , adv. [AS. fore , adv. & prep., another form of for . See For , and cf. Former , Foremost .] 1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft , after , back , behind , etc.

2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]

The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. Shak.

3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Fore and aft (Naut.) , from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart . R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.) , not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner , Sloop , Cutter .

Fore <Xpage=583>

Fore (?) , a. [See Fore , advv .] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind ; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.

The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.

&hand; Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.

Fore bay , a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. -- Fore body (Shipbuilding) , the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body . -- Fore boot , a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. -- Fore bow , the pommel of a saddle. Knight. -- Fore cabin , a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. -- Fore carriage . (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. -- Fore course (Naut.) , the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust . under Sail . -- Fore door . Same as Front door . -- Fore edge , the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. -- Fore elder , an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fore end . (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning.

I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. Shak.

(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. -- Fore girth , a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. -- Fore hammer , a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. -- Fore leg , one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. -- Fore peak (Naut.) , the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. -- Fore piece , a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. -- Fore plane , a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading , previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore rent , in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Naut.) , the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets . -- Fore shore . (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. -- Fore sight , that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. -- Fore tackle (Naut.) , the tackle on the foremast of a ship. -- Fore topmast . (Naut.) See Fore-topmast , in the Vocabulary. -- Fore wind , a favorable wind. [Obs.]

Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. Sandys.

-- Fore world , the antediluvian world. [R.] Southey.

Fore <Xpage=583>

Fore , n. The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

At the fore (Naut.) , at the fore royal masthead; -- said of a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc. -- To the fore . (a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore ." W. Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds to the fore ?" Thackeray.

Fore <Xpage=583>

Fore , prep. Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before . [Obs.]

Foreadmonish <Xpage=583>

Fore`ad*mon"ish (?) , v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.

Bp. Hall.

Foreadvise <Xpage=583>

Fore`ad*vise" (?) , v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event.

Shak.

Foreallege <Xpage=583>

Fore`al*lege" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forealleged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Forealleging (?) .] To allege or cite before.

Fotherby.

Foreappoint <Xpage=583>

Fore`ap*point" (?) , v. t. To set, order, or appoint, beforehand.

Sherwood.

Foreappointment <Xpage=583>

Fore`ap*point"ment (?) , n. Previous appointment; preordinantion.

Sherwood.

Forearm <Xpage=583>

Fore*arm" (?) , v. t. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

South.

Forearm <Xpage=583>

Fore"arm` (?) , n. (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Forebeam <Xpage=583>

Fore"beam` (?) , n. The breast beam of a loom.

Forebear <Xpage=583>

Fore*bear" (?) , n. An ancestor. See Forbear .

Forebode <Xpage=583>

Fore*bode" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foreboded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreboding .] [AS. forebodian ; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t. ] 1. To foretell.

2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson.

Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of C\'91sar's death. Middleton.

I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.

Syn. -- To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.

Forebode <Xpage=583>

Fore*bode" , v. i. To fortell; to presage; to augur.

If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.

Forebode <Xpage=583>

Fore*bode" , n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]

Forebodement <Xpage=583>

Fore*bode"ment (?) , n. The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

Foreboder <Xpage=583>

Fore*bod"er (?) , n. One who forebodes.

Foreboding <Xpage=583>

Fore*bod"ing , n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Forebodingly <Xpage=583>

Fore*bod"ing*ly , adv. In a foreboding manner.

Forebrace <Xpage=583>

Fore"brace` (?) , n. (Naut.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Forebrain <Xpage=583>

Fore"brain` (?) , n. (Anat.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain .

Foreby <Xpage=583>

Fore*by" (?) , prep. [ Fore + by .] Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby .

Spenser.

Forecast <Xpage=583>

Fore*cast" (?) , v. t. 1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24.

2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.

It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences. L'Estrange.

Forecast <Xpage=583>

Fore*cast" , v. i. To contrive or plan beforehand.

If it happen as I did forecast . Milton.

Forecast <Xpage=583>

Fore"cast (?) , n. Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison.

2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.

His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp. Prescott.

Forecaster <Xpage=583>

Fore*cast"er (?) , n. One who forecast.

Johnson.

Forecastle <Xpage=583>

Fore"cas`tle (?; sailors say <?/) , n. (Naut.) (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.

Forechosen <Xpage=583>

Fore`cho"sen (?) , a. Chosen beforehand.

Forecited <Xpage=583>

Fore"cit`ed (?) , a. Cited or quoted before or above.

Arbuthnot.

Foreclose <Xpage=583>

Fore*close" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foreclosed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing (?) .] [F. forclos , p.p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors , F. hors , except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign , and Close , v. t. ] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

The 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 payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.

Wharton.

Foreclosure <Xpage=583>

Fore*clo"sure (?; 135) , n. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Foreconceive <Xpage=583>

Fore`con*ceive" (?) , v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Foredate <Xpage=583>

Fore*date" (?) , v. t. To date before the true time; to antendate.

Foredeck <Xpage=583>

Fore"deck` (?) , n. (Naut.) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

Foredeem <Xpage=583>

Fore*deem" (?) , v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.]

Udall.

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.

Foredeem <Xpage=583>

Fore*deem" , v. i. [Cf. Foredoom .] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.]

Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. Genevan Test.

Foredesign <Xpage=583>

Fore`de*sign" (? &or; ?) , v. t. To plan beforehand; to intend previously.

Cheyne.

Foredetermine <Xpage=583>

Fore`de*ter"mine (?) , v. t. To determine or decree beforehand.

Bp. Hopkins.

Foredispose <Xpage=583>