Foreigner - Forestall

Syn. -- Outlandish; alien; exotic; remote; distant; extraneous; extrinsic.
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foreign-born adj. born in another area or country than that lived in; -- of persons.
Syn. -- nonnative.
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Foreigner (?), n. A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.
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Joy is such a foreigner,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham.
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Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift.
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Foreignism (?), n. Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.
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It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms. Fitzed. Hall.
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Foreignness, n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.
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Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke.
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A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.
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Forein (?), a. Foreign. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Forejudge (?), v. t. [Fore + judge.] To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.
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Forejudge, v. t. [For forjudge, fr. F. forjuger; OF. fors outside, except + F. juger to judge.] (O. Eng. Law) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.
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Forejudger (?), n. (Eng. Law) A judgment by which one is deprived or put out of a right or thing in question.
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Forejudgment (?), n. Prejudgment. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Foreknow (?), v. t. [imp. Foreknew (?); p. p. Foreknown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing.] To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.
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Who would the miseries of man foreknow? Dryden.
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Foreknowable (?), a. That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.
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Foreknower (?), n. One who foreknows.
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Foreknowingly, adv. With foreknowledge.
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He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor.
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Foreknowledge (?), n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.
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If I foreknew,
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
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Forel (?), n. [OE. forelcase, sheath, OF. forel, fourel, F. fourreau, LL. forellus, fr. OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, akin to Goth. fōdr; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. , food.] A kind of parchment for book covers. See .
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Forel, v. t. To bind with a forel. [R.] Fuller.
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Foreland (?), n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
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2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.
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3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.
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Forelay (?), v. t. 1. To lay down beforehand.
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These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.
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2. To waylay. See . [Obs.]
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Foreleader (?), n. One who leads others by his example; a guide.
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Forelend (?), v. t. See . [Obs.]
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As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spenser.
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Forelet (?), v. t. See . [Obs.] Holland.
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Forelie (?), v. i. To lie in front of. [Obs.]
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Which forelay
Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.
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Forelift (?), v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.]
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Forelock (?), n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
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2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.
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Coloq. Forelock bolt , a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Coloq. Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. -- Coloq. To take time by the forelock or Coloq. To take occasion by the forelock , to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity.
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Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift.
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On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.
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Forelook (?), v. i. To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Foreman (?), n.; pl. Foremen (�). The first or chief man; as: (a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. (b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.
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foremanship n. The position of a foreman.
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Foremast (?), n. (Naut.) The mast nearest the bow.
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Coloq. Foremast hand or Coloq. Foremast man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.
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Foremeant (?), a. Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Forementioned (?), a. Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.
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Foremilk (?), n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.
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Foremost (?), a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See , adv., and cf. , , , v. t., , a.] First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
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THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.
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Foremostly, adv. In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.
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Foremother (?), n. A female ancestor.
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Forename (?), n. A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.
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Forename, v. t. To name or mention before. Shak.
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Forenamed (?), a. Named before; aforenamed.
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Förendiház (?), n. [Hung., lit., House of Lords.] (Hungary) See .
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Forenenst (?), prep. [See , and .] Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic]
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The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax.
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Fore-night (?), n. The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]
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Forenoon (?), n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.
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Forenotice (?), n. Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning. [R.] Rymer.
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Forensal (?), a. Forensic. [R.]
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Forensic (?), a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See .] Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.
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Coloq. Forensic medicine , medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.
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Forensic, n. (Amer. Colleges) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
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Forensical (?), a. Forensic. Berkley.
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Foreordain (?), v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.
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Foreordinate (?), v. t. To foreordain.
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Foreordination (?), n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

{ Fore part (?), or Forepart }, n. The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.
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Forepast (?), a. Bygone. [Obs.] Shak.
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Forepossessed (?), a. 1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]
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2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. [Obs.]
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Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
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Foreprize (?), v. t. To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.
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Forepromised (?), a. Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall.
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Forequoted (?), a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
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Foreran (?), imp. of .
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Forerank (?), n. The first rank; the front.
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Forereach (?), v. t. (Naut.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
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Forereach, v. i. (Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Foreread (?), v. t. To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Forerecited (?), a. Named or recited before. “The forerecited practices.” Shak.
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Foreremembered (?), a. Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu.
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Foreright (?), a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] “A foreright wind.” Chapman.
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Foreright, adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.]
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Forerun (?), v. t. 1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
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2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
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These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. Shak.
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Forerunner (?), n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
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Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20.
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My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.
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2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
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Foresaid (?), a. Mentioned before; aforesaid.
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Foresail (?), n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.
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Foresay (?), v. t. [AS. foresecgan; fore + secgan to say. See , v. t.] To foretell. [Obs.]
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Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax.
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Foresee (?), v. t. [AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See , v. t.] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.
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2. To provide. [Obs.]
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Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon.
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Foresee, v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
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foreseeable adj. being such as may reasonable be anticipated; as, foreseeable costs were well within the budget.
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Foreseen (?), conj., or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [Obs.]
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One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth. Sir T. Elyot.
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Foreseer (?), n. One who foresees or foreknows.
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Foreseize (?), v. t. To seize beforehand.
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Foreshadow (?), v. t. To shadow or typi�y beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.
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Foreshew (?), v. t. See .
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Foreship (?), n. The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]
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foreshore n. the part of the seashore between the high-water and and low-water marks.
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Foreshorten (?), v. t. 1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
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2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
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Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie
Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
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Foreshortening, n. (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
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Foreshot (?), n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.
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Foreshow (?), v. t. [AS. foresceáwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceáwian to see. See , v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.
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Your looks foreshow
You have a gentle heart. Shak.
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Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose,
Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham.
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Foreshower (?), n. One who predicts.
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Foreside (?), n. 1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
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2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.
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Foresight (?), n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.
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2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
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This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton.
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A random expense, without plan or foresight. Burke.
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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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4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under , a.
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Foresighted (?), a. Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.
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Foresightful (?), a. Foresighted. [Obs.]
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Foresignify (?), v. t. To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton.
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Foreskin (?), n. (Anat.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
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Foreskirt (?), n. The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.
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Honor's train
Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak.
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Foreslack (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Foresleeve (?), n. The sleeve below the elbow.
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Foreslow (?), v. t. [See .] To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See , v. t.
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No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow
Their hasty pace. Fairfax.
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Foreslow, v. i. To loiter. Same as . [Obs.]
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Forespeak (?), v. t. [Obs.] See .
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Forespeak, v. t. To foretell; to predict. [Obs.]
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My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl.
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Forespeaking, n. A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.
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Forespeech (?), n. A preface. [Obs.] Sherwood.
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Forespent (?), a. [Fore + spent.] Already spent; gone by; past. [Obs.] Shak.
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Forespent, a. [Obs.] See .
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Forespurrer (?), n. One who rides before; a harbinger. [Obs.] Shak.
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Forest (?), n. [OF. forest, F. forêt, LL. forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris, foras, out of doors, abroad. See .] 1. An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
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2. (Eng. Law) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. Burrill.
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Forest, a. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
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Coloq. Forest fly . (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidæ, which attack both men and beasts. See . (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See . -- Coloq. Forest glade , a grassy space in a forest. Thomson. -- Coloq. Forest laws , laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests. -- Coloq. Forest tree , a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.
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Forest, v. t. To cover with trees or wood.
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Forestaff (?), n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff. Brande & C.
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Forestage (?), n. [Cf. F. forestage.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. (b) A service paid by foresters to the king.
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Forestal (?), a. Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
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Forestall (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forestalled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See , and .] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid? Milton.
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2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
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