2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of

time.

Tennyson.

Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened

mode or way.

Fore"shot` (?), n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of

spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.

Fore*show" (?), v. t. [AS. foresce·wian to foresee, provide; fore +

sce·wian to see. See Show, v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to

give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.

Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart.

Shak.

Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day

foreshows.

Denham.

Fore*show"er (?), n. One who predicts.

Fore"side (?), n. 1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of

country fronting the sea.

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