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t. [Also forfalt; If you be not trait our to the King, For faulted sall thou nevir be. Song of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 36). forfaulturet, n. [Also forfalture ; forfault + -ure. Cf. forfeiture .] Forfeiture; attainder. In the same Parliament Sir William Creichton was also forfalted for diverse causes. This forfalture was conHolinshed, Chron. IMG:content-1693.png:[blocks in formation] doors, beyond, + facere , do: see for -3 and fact. Cf. forfeit, n.] 1. trans. 1. To lose the legal or moral right to by one's own act or omi ion to act, usually by a breach of conditions or by a wrong act, offense, fault, crime, or neglect; be- come by one's own act liable to be deprived of. How darest thou so often forfeit thy life? Thou knowest it is in my power to take it. For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of Black stone. mort in a in, and forfeitable like the lands themselves. forfeiter (for'fit-ér), n. who incurs a penalty. Forfeiters you cast in prison. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 2. forfeit ment (for'fit-ment), n. [ forfeit + -ment.] Same as forfeiture . Then many a Lollard would in forfeit ment Bear paper-faggots o'er the pavement. 2. To cause the forfeiture of. Unhand me, and learn inanners! such another Forgetfulne forfeits your life. We mone be forfetede in faith and flemyde [banished] for ever! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1155. Al this suffred Ihesu Crist that nevere for feted . Chaucer, Parson's Tale. Whan ye departe fro me ye shull neuer for fete to lady ne dame sell in the londe of kynge Arthur. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 696. My bond to the Jew is forfeit ; and since in paying it it is impo ible I should live, all debts are cleared be- tween you and I. Shak ., M. of V., iii. 2. By my soul, And what it hopes for, if thou attempt his life, Thy own is forfeit ! I'm but like a forfoughen hound, Has been fighting in a dirty syke. And tho' forfoughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Whoso for - gabbed a frere y-founden at the stues, And brouzte blod of his bod i on bak or on side, Hym were as god greuen a greit lorde of rentes. feiting; the losing of some moral or legal right + galled .] Very much galled. or privilege, as estate, office, effects, honor, or credit, through one's own fault. To see what maner of clothes there be vnder paine of for- feiture of the saide goods. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 173. His father's care, That for the want of i ue took him home (Though with the forfeiture of his own fame), Will look unto his safety. Fletcher , Spanish Curate, John Balliol's forfeiture , his renunciation of homage, his ce ion of the crown to Edward, were all legal acts. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 219. 2. Specifically, in law , the divesting of prop- erty, or the termination or failure of a right, by or in consequence of a wrong, default, or breach of a condition.-3. That which is forfeited; a forfeit; a fine or mulct. The same forfetoures to be enployed, halfe to the said cite, and the oder halfe to the said ffraternite. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 336. Ancient privileges and acts of grace indulged by former kings must not without high reason be revoked by their succe ors, nor forfeitures be exacted violently, nor penal laws urged rigorously. Jer. Taylor , Holy Living. Title by forfeiture, title which is acquired by the person upon whom, by the fact of forfeiture, or a decree there on, property is devolved. Syn. Damage , etc. (see lo ); amercement, sequestration, confiscation. Myn hert, ner I, haue doon you noo forfeyte By which ye shulde compleyne in any kynde. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 78. Thus the i soiourned xv dayes in the town, that they dide 2. That to which the legal or moral right is lost by one's own act or failure to act, as by a breach of conditions or by a wrong deed or offense; hence, that which is taken or paid in forfeiture; a fine; a mulct; a penalty: as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits . Shak ., M. for M., v. 1. Your brother is a forfeit of the law, And you but waste your words. Thou hast undone a faithful gentleman, By taking forfeit of his land. Fletcher and Shirley , Night-Walker, iv. 5. See nations blotted out from earth to pay The forfeit of deep guilt. IMG:content-1694.png:[blocks in formation] forbid. [Obsolete, but still used archaically in fend: see for -1 and fend1 .] To fend off; avert; literature.] Ye entriden not inne, and other men that entriden ze hade for fen did. Wyclif, Select Works (ed. Arnold), I. 241. Heavens forfend ! I would not kill thy soul. forferet, v . t . [ME., only in pp. forfered , terrify, alarm (= D. vervaren = MLG. vorveren , LG. ver- væren, verviren = MHG. verværen = ODan. for- fære , Dan. forfærde = Sw. förfära ), for -inten- sive + feren , terrify, cause to fear: see for -1 and fear1, v. t.] To subject to great fear; terrify. He spered his yate, and in he ran Forfered of that wode man. But sure that horse which tyreth like a roile, And lothes the griefe of his forgalded sides, Is better much than is the harbrainde colte. forgather (for-gaTH'er), v . i. [Orig. Sc.; also, improp., foregather ; for -1 + gather .] 1. To meet; convene. The sev'n trades there Forgather'd for their siller gun To shoot ance mair. IMG:content-1695.png:[blocks in formation] In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens! Specifically-2. An open fireplace or furnace, fitted with a bellows or some other appliance for obtaining a blast to urge the fire, and serving to heat metal in order that it may be hammered into form. Forges are of many shapes and sizes, ranging from small hand-furnaces heated with gas, for jewelers' use, to the largest furnaces for heating heavy forgings to be treat- Ywaine and Gawin , 1. 1677 (Ritson's Metr. Rom., I.). ed with a steam-hammer. They are sometimes portable, Tyl that myn hert,.. Forfered of his deth,... Graunted him love. forfex (fôr'feks), n.; pl. for fices (-fi-sez). [L., a pair of shears or sci ors.) A pair of sci ors. The peer now spreads the glitt'ring forfex wide, T' inclose the lock; now joins it, to divide. forficate (for'fi-kāt), a . [ forfex (forfic-), sci ors, + -atel .] Deeply forked; very furcate or much furcated: said of the tail of a bird, for instance, when the depth of the fork equals or exceeds the length of the shortest feather. See cut under frigate - bird . forfication (fôr-fi-kā'shon), n. [ forficate + -ion.] The state of being forficate; a deep fork- ing or furcation: as, the forfication of the tail is three inches deep. IMG:content-1696.png:[blocks in formation] Children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming forge , And hear the bellows roar. 3. A smithy or works where forging is done. Joe pa ed into the forge . One of the soldiers opened its wooden windows, another lighted the fire. Dickens, Great Expectations, v. for fices, n. Plural of forfex . Forficula (for-fik'u-la), n. [L., dim. of forfex facture of objects in metal. 4. Any large iron-working shop.-5t. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manu- ( forfic- ), sci ors.) The typical genus of ear- wigs of the family Forficulidæ . F. auricular i a is the best-known species. forficulate (for-fik'u-lāt), a . [L. forficula , dim. of forfex ( forfic- ), sci ors, + -atel .] For- ficate; furcate: as, the forficulate palpi of cer- tain scorpions. Forficulidæ (fôr-fi-kūʻli-dē), n . pl . [NL., For- ficula + -ida .] A family of orthopterous in- sects, the earwigs, alone constituting the sub- order Euplexoptera . See Euplexoptera , Der- maptera , and cut under earwig . Forficulina (for-fik-u-lin a), n . pl . Same as Forficulidæ . forfoughten (for-fa'tn), a . [ forfouzten , for fou ten , for foh ten , pp. of an unused verb * for- fihten , for- + fihten , etc., fight: see for -1 and fight .] Exhausted with fighting or labor; fa- tigued and breathle . [Old Eng. and Scotch.] An horse of bra e the i lette do forge, Of suche entaile, and of suche a forge , That in this world was neuer man That suche an other worke began. Gower, Conf. Amant., i. Bacon . forge F. forgel (forj), v.; pret. t. and pp. forged, ppr. forg ing. [ Ful brighter was the shynyng of hir he we Than in the Tour the noble uforged newe. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 70. But the same set of tools, perhaps, suffice to the plough maker for forging a hundred ploughs, which serve during the twelve years of their existence to prepare the soil of so many different farms. J. S. Mill . Put nat the wyte of this tale upon me, That I forged it upon my hed. Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 32. A you sand pound of wax fourged and made she, As for the morn to don the obseque, At sodayn warnyng had thay such huge light. Rom , of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2335. Fear forgeth sounds in my deluded ears. IMG:content-1697.png:[blocks in formation] 21. Invention; devising. They ran well on horseback, but this gallant Had witcheraft in 't: I, in forgery of shapes and tricks, Come short of what he did. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 7. 3. The act of fabricating or producing falsely; 2. To form or shape out in any way; make by the making of a thing in imitation of another any means; invent. thing, as a legal document, commercial paper or coin, a literary production, a work of art, a natural object, etc., with a view to deceive, mislead, or defraud; specifically, the act of fraudu lently making, counterfeiting, or altering any record, instrument, register, note, or the like, to the prejudice of the right of another: as, the for gery of a check or a bond. In criminal law it denotes (at common law) a false making of any instrument by which one person can become obligated to another (including every alteration of or addition to a true instrument), with criminal intent, for purposes of fraud and deceit; the making or altering a writing so as to make the alteration or the writing purport to be the act of some person whose act it is not; the false making of an instrument which purports to be that which it is not, as distinguished from an instrument which purports to be what it really is, but contains false statements. The definition is much enlarged by various statutes in different jurisdictions, under which many acts not originally forgery are punishable as such. See counterfeit , n., 2. He forged B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 6. boyish histories Of battle, bold adventure, dungeon, wreck. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 3. To fabricate by false imitation; specifically, in law, to make a false instrument (including every alteration of or addition to a true instrument) in similitude of an instrument by which one person could be obligated to another, with criminal intent, for the purpose of fraud and deceit: as, to forge coin; to forge a writing. See forgery, and compare counterfeit, n., 2. We are contented with the miracles which the Apostles wrought without forging or believing new ones. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. ix. A letter forged ! Saint Jude to speed! Did ever knight so foul a deed? Scott , Marmion, vi. 15. =Syn. 1. To hammer out. - 2. To fabricate, frame, manufacture, coin. II. in trans. To commit forgery. forge2 (forj), v.; pret. and pp. forged, ppr. forg ing. [Origin not clear; perhaps a naut. corruption of forcel (first as v. t. 1); ef. E. dial. carcaje for carca , dispoge, dispoje, for dispose.] I. in trans. To move ahead slowly, with difficulty, or by mere momentum: said properly of a ve el, but also of other things: commonly with ahead. See ahead. IMG:content-1698.png:[blocks in formation] The greater the proportion the free iron bears to the sum of these compounds, the greater the forgeability and weldability of the metal. Ure , Dict., IV. 552, IMG:content-1699.png:[blocks in formation]