Forskalia (forskalia)

[NL., named for Peter Forskål (died 1763), a companion of Niebuhr in his Arabian journey.] A genus of physophorous siphonophorous hydrozoans, of the family Agalmida. F. contort a is an example. Kölliker, 1853. Forskaliidæ (fôr-skā-li'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., [Also improp. fore To neglect by idle But they were virgins all, and love eschewed That might forslack the charge to them foreshewed. Spenser, F. Q., VII. vii. 45. The official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands vppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor. Foxe , Martyrs, p. 829. It is a great pittie that so good an opportunity was omitted, and so happie an occasion fore -slacked. Todd, Works, VIII. 305. forspend slāwian , be slow or unwilling, for- + slawian , be slow, slaw , slow: see slow , v.] I. trans. 1. To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct. Then ryse, ye ble ed Flocks, and home apace, Least night with stealing steppes doe you forstoe . Spenser, Shep. Cal., June. The wond'ring Nereids, though they rais'd no storm, Foreslow'd her pa age, to behold her form. Dryden, Epistles, vi. 15. 2. To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit. Let hyr forslow no occasion that may bring the childe to quyetne e and cleanlyne e. Lyly , Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 131. If you can think upon any present means for his delivery, do not foreslow it. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, v. 5. II. in trans. To be slow or dilatory; loiter. Fore- slow no longer, make we hence amain. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 3.