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FORPET, _s._ The _fourth part_ of a peck, S.
_Ritson._
FOR-PLEYNIT, _part. pa._ Worn out with complaining.
_King's Quair._
_To_ FORRAY, _v. a._ To pillage.
_Barbour._
Fr. _fourrag-er_, to ravage.
~Forray~, _s._
1. The act of foraging.
_Barbour._
2. A predatory excursion.
_Wallace._
3. The party employed in carrying off the prey.
_Wallace._
4. The prey itself.
_Wyntown._
3. Advanced guard of an army.
_Wyntown._
~Forreouris~, _s. pl._ A foraging party.
O. Fr. _forrier_.
_Wallace._
FORRET, _s._
1. Forehead.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph., the brow of a hill.
_Douglas._
FORRET, _adv._ Forward, S.
_Ross._
_To_ FORREW, _v. n._ To repent exceedingly. _Forrwyd_, pret.
_Wyntown._
FORRYDAR, _s._ One who rides before an armed party.
Sw. _foerridare_.
_Wallace._
FORROWN, FORRUN, _part. pa._ Exhausted with _running_.
_Wallace._
FORS, FORSS, _s._ A current.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _fors_, cataracta fluminis.
_To_ FORS, _v. n._ To care.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _faire force_, id.
FORS, FORCE, _s._ Necessity. _Off fors_, _on force_, of necessity.
_Douglas._
FORSAMEKILL, _conj._ For as much.
_Stat. Dav. II._
