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Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 20

(för.) [A.S.] (Naut.) In sea-parlance, denoting that part of a ship which is near or about the head or stem; thus fore and aft signifies from stem to stern. The FORE-AND-AFT SAILS belonging to a ship, are the driver, jibs, and stay sails. [s. 375]