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111fore — I [[t]fɔr, foʊr[/t]] adj. 1) situated in front of something else 2) first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier 3) a) naut. navig. of or pertaining to a foremast b) naut. navig. being a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging… …
112fore-edge painting — /fawr ej , fohr / a technique of painting a picture on the fore edge of a book, often in such a manner that only when the pages are slightly fanned the picture is revealed. [1910 15] * * * ▪ art technique of painting the edges of the leaves …
113fore-and-aft sail — any of various sails, as jib headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore and aft direction amidships. [1810 20] * * * ▪… …
114fore — I. /fɔ / (say faw) adjective 1. situated at or towards the front, as compared with something else. 2. first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier. –adverb 3. Nautical at or towards the bow. 4. Obsolete before. –noun 5. the forepart… …
115fore — 1 noun come to the fore to become important or influential: Yeltsin first came to the fore when he was the Party Chief in Moscow. 2 adjective (only before noun) technical the fore parts of a ship, plane, or animal are the parts at the front… …
116fore foot — Forefoot Fore foot , n. 1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped; usually written {fore foot}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the… …
117fore — 1. adjective /fɔː,fɔɹ/ Forward; situated towards the front (of something). Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...]. Ant: latter, aft 2. interjection /fɔː,fɔɹ/ An …
118Fore ribs — Rib Rib, n. [AS. rib, ribb; akin to D. rib, G. rippe, OHG. rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.] 1. (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax. [1913 Webster] Note …
119fore — adj 1. frontal, in or at the front, at the head, at or on top, ahead, above. 2. first, foremost, headmost, most advanced, highest, best, top, leading, lead, head, chief. 3. former, earlier, previous, preceding, foregoing, prior, antecedent,… …
120fore-edge painting — noun : the method or act of painting a picture on the fore edge of a book so that the picture is visible only when the pages are slightly fanned; also : a picture so painted * * * /fawr ej , fohr / a technique of painting a picture on the fore… …
