for fang1t, forfengt

[AS. for fang, also for feng and forefong, forefeng, a seizing, particularly in a legal sense, as in def. (cf. MLG. vor rank = ODan. for fang = Sw. förfång, damage, detriment), usher in with weeping. Daries. The sky in sullen drops of rain Forewept the morn. Church ill , The Duellist, i. 155. foretokening (for-tok'ning), n. [Verbal n. of foreweigh (for-wa'), v. t. To estimate in ad foretoken, v.] Indication in advance. vance; count the cost of beforehand. Where each indulgence was foreweighed with care, And the grand maxims were to save and spare. Crabbe, Works, IV. 98. forewetingt, n. Same as fore witting . forewind (for'wind), n. The dict at our himself, for his part, hath given a good foretokening and presage of a consult commoner, in electing his generall of horsemen from out of the commons. Holland , tr. of Livy, p. 245. fore-tooth (för'töth), n. A tooth in the fore part of the mouth; any tooth socketed in the a ve el forward on her course; a fair wind. premaxillary bone; an incisor. [Properly written as two words.]