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 (?), a. [See Fore, adv.] 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.
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, distinguished from middle body and 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, 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, prep. Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of
afore or before. [Obs.]
Fore`ad*mon"ish (?), v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or
event. Bp. Hall.
Fore`ad*vise" (?), v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of
action, or before the event. Shak.
Fore`al*lege" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forealleged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Forealleging (?).] To allege or cite before. Fotherby.
Fore`ap*point" (?), v. t. To set, order, or appoint, beforehand.
Sherwood.
Fore`ap*point"ment (?), n. Previous appointment; preordinantion.
Sherwood.
Fore*arm" (?), v. t. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before
the time of need. South.
Fore"arm` (?), n. (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the
elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
Fore"beam` (?), n. The breast beam of a loom.
Fore*bear" (?), n. An ancestor. See Forbear.
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 CÊsar's death.
Middleton.