Fore*hew" (?), v. t. To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.
Fore"hold` (?), n. (Naut.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.
Fore*hold"ing (?), n. Ominous foreboding; superstitious
prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Fore"hook` (?), n. (Naut.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to
unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
For"eign (?), a. [OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras,
foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door.
See Door, and cf. Foreclose, Forfeit, Forest, Forum.] 1. Outside;
extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign
government. "Foreign worlds." Milton.
2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging
to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign
language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury.
Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never
breed.
Milton.
3. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not
pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable;
not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign
to one's nature.
This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
Swift.