forme (1)

[Fr. pa. par. of former=to form, to shape.] Her.: A term applied to a cro having the arms expanding toward the end and flat at the outer edges; also called patée or pattée . *forme (2), fur me, a . [A. S. form a : O. Sax. formo ; O. Fris. form a .] First. (FOREMOST.] "The forme man the com in this middenerd that was Adam."-0. Eng. Homilies, ii. 131.