forcing pump (for sing pump)

Same as force - pump. forcipalt (fôr'si-pal), a. [L. forceps ( forcip- ), forceps, + -al.] Of the nature of forceps. Mechanicks made use hereof in forcipal organs, and instruments of incision. Sir T. Browne, Garden of Cyrus, ii. IMG:content-1660.png:[blocks in formation] That synne will fordoo all my beaute. Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 101). This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak ., Othello, v. 1. 2. To exhaust, overpower, or overcome, as by fatigue. Give leave to rest me being half fordonne . The heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone . Shak., M. N. D., v. 2. The soldier on the war-field spread, When all foredone with toils and wounds, Death-like he dozes among heaps of dead. Cole ridge, Ode on the Departing Year, vi. [Obsolete or poetical.] fordreadt, v . t . [ME. fordreden , fordræ- dan , terrify, for- + drædan , fear, dread: see for -1 and dread , v .] To terrify greatly. Chaucer . 'Fore your queen died, she was more worth such gazes Than what you look on now. Shak ., W. T., v. 1. forel (for), a . and n. [ fore -1, prefix; being the prefix (to nouns) written separately, as in fore part. Strictly, as the regular accent in such compounds shows, fore , however written, is still, as always in ME. and AS., a prefix or component element, and not an independent adj.; but the accent varies, and as to the manner of writing, whether as a prefix, with or without a hyphen, or as a separate word, usage wavers: forepart , fore - part , and fore part , for example, being used indifferently.] 1. a.; su- perl. foremost (for most). Situated at the fore or front; front; forward; anterior; prior; for- mer; being, coming, or going before or in front in place, or earlier in time: as, the fore legs of a horse; the fore wheels of a wagon; the fore part of the day. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 89. ( Hall i well .) ford rivet, v. t . [ME. for driven , fordrībhan = OFries. fordriva = D. ver- drijven =LG.verdriben=OHG. fartrīban , MHG. vertriben, G. vertreiben = Sw. fördrifva = Dan. for drive ), drive away, for- , away, + drifan, drive: see for -1 and drive, v.] 1. To drive from the first local impre ion. away; drive about; drive here and there. Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), [p. 112. We beoth see-weri men mid wedere al fordreven. Layamon , L. 265 (later text). Whenne they in ese wene beste to lyve, They ben with tempest alle fordryve . Rom, of the Rose , 1. 3782. for drunk ent, a. [ME. for drunken , fordronken , fordrukkinn = Sw. fördrukken = Dan. fordrukken ), drunken, very drunken, for- intensive + druncen, drunken: see for -1 and drunken .] Very drunk. The miller that fordronken was al pale, So that unnethe upon his hors he sat, He nolde avalen neither hood ne hat. ford (ford), n . [Early mod. E. also foord ; ford (also frequently forth , furth , prob. by confusion with firth2 , q. v.), ford = OS. * ford (in the compound local name Her i ford ) = OFries. ford a = OD. vord , D. voort (in com- pound local names) = OHG. furt , MHG. vort, G. furt , a ford (much used in Teut. local names, as in E. Hartford , Hertford , Oxford, etc., G. Frankfurt, Erfurt , etc.); akin to L. port us , a harbor, port, Gr. πόρος , a pa age, ford (Βόσ- πορος, Bosporus, lit. 'Oxford'), Zend peretu , a bridge, etc., and prob. to Icel. fjördhr , Sw. fjärd , Norw. Dan. fjord , whence E. firth2 , fiord , q. v.; all ult. from the root of AS. far an , E. fare , go: see farel .] 1. A place in a river or other body of water where it may be pa ed or cro ed by man or beast on foot, or by wading. dulll , v.] This flood-le Foord the Faith full Legions pa , And all the way their shoo scarce moisted was. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Scott , Young Loch in var. 2. A stream to be cro ed. This deep Ford of Affection and Gratitude to you I in- Howell, Letters, I. iv. 19. IMG:content-1661.png:[blocks in formation] All myghtfull lorde, grete is thi grace, I thanke the of thi grete fordede . York Plays, p. 175. fordelet, n. See foredeal . fordo (for-dö'), v. t.; pret. fordid , pp. fordone , ppr. fordoing . [Also improp. foredo ; ford on , destroy, ruin, kill (= OS. fard on = D. verdoen , kill, waste, = OHG. fartuon, MHG. vertu on, G. verthun , consume, spend, waste), for- priv., away, + dõn , put, do: see for -1 and dof, v. The word has no- thing to do with the slang phrase do for , which is sometimes used in explaining it.] 1. To do away; undo; destroy; ruin. Deth seith he wol for - do and a-doun brynge Al that lyueth other loketh a londe and a watere. fordryt, a. [ME. fordruye , for -intensive + druye, drye, dry: see for -1 and dry , a.] Very dry; y: withered. Amydde a tree fordrye , as whyt as chalk, There sat a faucon. Chaucer , Squire's Tale, 1. 401. fordullt, v. t . [Also improp. foredull ; for -1 + To make dull; stupefy. Nash . What well of tears may serve Tancred and Gismunda , ii. 170. fordwinet, v. i. [ME. fordwinen, nan , dwindle away, vanish (= D. verdwijnen ), for- , away, + dwinan , dwine: see for -1 and dwine.] To waste away; dwindle. So long he laie in prisoun, in hunger and in pyne, That his lymes clonge awei, his bodie gan al for dwine . Pilate (Early Eng. Poems, ed. Furnivall), 1. 214. forel (for), prep . , adv ., and conj . [I. prep . fore , before, in front of, for, on account of, AS. fore , before (in place, L. coram , or in time, L. ante ), for, on account of, ef. for an , prep., be- fore (in time), = OS. fora = OFries. fore = D. voor = OHG. fora, MHG. vore, vor, G. vor = Icel. fyrir = Sw. för = Dan. for = Goth. faur a , before, for; the longer and more orig. form of for , q. v. II. adr . fore , before (in time), fore , before (in time), aforetime (= D. voor = OHG. fora , MHG. vor, vore, G. vor = Dan. for , before (in place), för , before (in time), Sw. för , förr ); cf. for an , before (in place) OHG. forna, MHG. vorne, (= D. vooraan = corn, vornen, vornan , G. vorn , before), = Dan. for an: see I. Cf. forel , a . III. conj . fore , adv .: see I. and II. Fore (prep., adv., conj.), as an orig. simple form, has merged with fore , an abbr., by apheresis, of afore or before , and is now commonly regarded as such abbr., and hence often printed ' fore . Both fore and afore are now only dial. or colloq., before having pushed them out of literary use. See afore , before.] I. prep. Before (in place); in pres- ence of. [Obsolete except as an accepted ab- breviation of before .] The justise tolde the kinge fore , That such a man he sez (saw). II. adv . 1. Before (in place); in the part that precedes or goes first; specifically, naut ., toward or in the parts of a ship that lie near the bows; forward: opposed to aft .-21. Before (in time); previously. Sende wittili to thi wif, and warne hire fore . William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4142. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 28. Fore and aft. See aft1 . Fore and aft. See aft1 . - Fore course. See course1 , 18. II. n. 1. The front: in the phrases at and to the fore (see below).-2. Naut . , the foremast.- At the fore. (a) Naut ., set or shown on the foremast: said of a flag or signal. Medina Sidonia hoisted the royal standard at the fore. Motley, United Netherlands, II. 475. (6) At or in the front. Madison stood at the fore [in 1809]. fore-2. [See for -1.] An erroneous form of for -1 in some words, as in forego2 , forespend , forespeak, Jores etc., for forgol , for etc., being obsolete in all but forego2 . fore-3. [See for -3.] An erroneous form of for -3, as in foreclose . fore-admonisht (for-ad-mon'ish), v. t. To ad- monish beforehand, or before the act or event. Fore admonishing him of dangers future and invisible. Bp. Hall , Select Thoughts, § 12. fore-and-aft II. n. 1. A fore-and-aft rigged ve el.-2. A small cap with vizors before and behind. Also called steamer - cap . On the platform were crowds of men in conventional tweed knickerbockers and Norfolk jackets, and women in jockey caps and fore - and - afts . Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 494. foreanentt (for-a-nent'), prep . [Also *forenent, fornent (and with addition forenenst , etc.: see forenenst ); anent , q. v.] against; opposite to. Over Utheris inhabiting the bord our is fore - anent England. Acts James VI., c. 227 (1594).