2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.

Fore"sight` (?), n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience;

foreknowledge. Milton.

2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise

forethought.

This seems an unseasonable foresight.

Milton.

A random expense, without plan or foresight.

Burke.

3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the

backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a

forward direction.

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