foregut (forgut)

See gut. fore hammer (for'ham"èr), n. [Sc., also written foirhammer (= OD. veurhamer, D. voorhamer = Dan. for hammer, a sledge-hammer); smaller one. Wi' coulters, and wi fore hammers, We garr'd the bars bang merrilie. 2324 If, by thus doing, you have not secured your time by an early and fore - handed care, yet be sure by a timely diligence to redeem the time. Jer. Taylor , Holy Living, i. 1. 2. Formed in the forehand or fore parts. A substantial true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. Dryden. 3. Well circumstanced as regards property and financial condition generally: as, a forehanded farmer. [U. S.] Mr. Palmer was in popular phrase a forehanded man; his house and barns were large, and his grounds indicated thrift. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 9. The Rambos were forehanded , and probably as well satisfied as it is po ible for Pennsylvania farmers to be. B. Taylor. forehard (för härd), n. In rope- making , the proper twist of the separate strands of which a rope is made up. The forehard , or proper twist in the strands for all sizes of ropes, is at once attained. Ure, Dict., III. 718. forehead (for'ed or for'hed), n. [ With the forhed plain gain hym went, & smote Enmyddes of the brest. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L. 4216. And I put a jewel on thy forehead , and ear-rings in thine Ezek. xvi. 12. ears. 2. Confidence; a urance; audacity; front: same as face1, 5. It is certain, nor can it with any forehead be opposed, that the too much licence of poetasters in this time hath much deformed their mistre . B. Jonson , Volpone, Ded. With what forehead Do you speak this to me, who (as I know 't) Must and will say 'tis false? Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, i. 2. Not any College of Mountebanks but would think scorn to discover in themselves with such a brazen forehead the outrageous desire of filthy lucre. Milton , Church-Government, ii. 3. In entom ., the upper part of an insect's epi- cranium, including the front and vertex. [Rare.] forehead-cloth (for'ed-klôth), n. A band sur- rounding the forehead, worn by women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, either alone or in combination with a cap or the like: said to have been used to prevent wrinkles. E'en like the forehead - cloth that in the night, Or when they sorrow, ladies used to wear. Marlowe and Chapman , Hero and Leander, vi. fore heart (för-her'), v. t. To hear or be informed of before. fore hearth (för härth), n . In metal . , the front part of the hearth of a blast-furnace, or that part which is directly under the tymp-arch. forehentt, v. t. See forhent. forehew (for-hū'), v. t. To hew or cut in front. forehold (for'hold), n. [ fore -1 + hold2 .] The front or forward part of the hold of a ship. foreholdingt (for-hol'ding), n. [Verbal n. of * forchold (not used), predict, fore -1 + hold1 .] Prediction; ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. How are superstitious men nagged out of their wits with Kinmont Willie (Child's Ballads, VI. 65), the fancy of omens, fore holdings , and old wives' tales! The brawnie, bainie, ploughman chiel Sir R. L'Estrange. Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, The strong fore hammer, Till block an' studdie ring an' reel Wi dinsome clamour. Burns , Scotch Drink.