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  • 1Forest — For est, n. [OF. forest, F. for[^e]t, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See {Foreign}.] 1. An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with… …

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  • 2forest — /ˈfɒrəst / (say foruhst) noun 1. an area of bushland dominated by trees, the type of tree often being specified: paperbark forest; gum forest. 2. a tract of land on which trees are cultivated: pine forest. 3. the trees themselves: to cut down a… …

  • 3Forest Rights Act (India) — The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act , 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on December 18, 2006. It has also been called the Forest Rights Act , the Tribal Rights Act …

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  • 4Forest Hills, Tennessee — Infobox Settlement official name = Forest Hills, Tennessee settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Forest Hills, Tennessee mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type =… …

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  • 5Forest of Birse — infobox UK place country = Scotland official name= Forest of Birse scots name= gaelic name= population= os grid reference= NO5390 map type=Scotland latitude=57.00 longitude= 2.77 unitary scotland= Aberdeenshire lieutenancy scotland= Aberdeenshire …

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  • 6forest — forestal, forestial /feuh res cheuhl/, adj. forested, adj. forestless, adj. forestlike, adj. /fawr ist, for /, n. 1. a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland. 2. the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest …

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  • 7Forest —    Heb. ya ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans Jordanic forest of Ephraim (2 Sam. 18:6, 8; Josh. 17:15, 18),… …

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  • 8forest — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees growing in it. c a large number or dense mass of vertical objects (a forest of masts). 2 a district formerly a forest but now cultivated (Sherwood …

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  • 9forest fly — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …

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  • 10Finger Lakes National Forest — The Finger Lakes National Forest encompasses 16,032 acres (65.9 km²), nestled between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State in the United States of America. The forest has over 30 miles (50 km) of… …

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