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- English Word Foreground Definition On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
- English Word Foreguess Definition To conjecture.
- English Word Foregut Definition The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct.
- English Word Forehand Definition All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
- English Word Forehand Definition The chief or most important part.
- English Word Forehand Definition Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
- English Word Forehand Definition Done beforehand; anticipative.
- English Word Forehanded Definition Early; timely; seasonable.
- English Word Forehanded Definition Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer.
- English Word Forehanded Definition Formed in the forehand or fore parts.
- English Word Forehead Definition The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
- English Word Forehead Definition The aspect or countenance; assurance.
- English Word Forehead Definition The front or fore part of anything.
- English Word Forehear Definition To hear beforehand.
- English Word Forehearth Definition The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
- English Word Forehend Definition See Forhend.
- English Word Forehew Definition To hew or cut in front.
- English Word Forehold Definition The forward part of the hold of a ship.
- English Word Foreholding Definition Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication.
- English Word Forehook Definition A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.