FORCE, f[=o]rs, _v.t._ (_cook._) to stuff, as a fowl.--_n._ FORCE'MEAT,
meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, used as a stuffing or alone. [A
corr. of _farce_.]
FORCEPS, for'seps, _n._ a pair of tongs, pincers, or pliers for holding
anything difficult to be held with the hand.--_adj._ FOR'CIP[=A]TED, formed
and opening like a forceps.--_n._ FORCIP[=A]'TION, torture by pinching with
forceps. [L., from _formus_, hot, and _cap[)e]re_, to hold.]
FORD, f[=o]rd, _n._ a place where water may be crossed on foot: a stream
where it may be crossed.--_v.t._ to cross water on foot.--_adj._ FORD'ABLE.
[A.S. _ford_--_faran_, to go; Ger. _furt_--_fahren_, to go on foot; akin to
Gr. _poros_, and to Eng. _fare_, _ferry_, and _far_.]
FORDO, for-d[=oo]', _v.t._ (_arch._) to ruin: to overcome, to
exhaust:--_pr.p._ fordo'ing; _pa.t._ fordid'; _pa.p._ fordone'. [A.S.
_f[=o]rdón_; Ger. _verthun_, to consume.]
FORE, f[=o]r, _adj._ in front of: advanced in position: coming
first.--_adv._ at the front: in the first part: previously: (_golf_) a
warning cry to any person in the way of the ball to be played.--FORE AND
AFT, lengthwise of a ship.--AT THE FORE, displayed on the foremast (of a
flag); TO THE FORE, forthcoming: (_Scot._) in being, alive. [A.S. _fore_,
radically the same as _for_, prep.--to be distinguished from pfx. _for-_
(Ger. _ver-_ in _vergessen_, L. _per_).]
FORE-ADMONISH, f[=o]r-ad-mon'ish, _v.t._ to admonish beforehand.
FORE-ADVISE, f[=o]r-ad-v[=i]z', _v.t._ to advise beforehand.
FOREANENT, f[=o]r-a-nent', _prep._ (_Scot._), opposite to.
FOREARM, f[=o]r'ärm, _n._ the part of the arm between the elbow and the
wrist.
FOREARM, f[=o]r-ärm', _v.t._ to arm or prepare beforehand.