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FORSCOMFIST, _part. pa._
1. Overcome with heat, S.
V. ~Scomfist~.
2. Nearly suffocated by a bad smell, S.
_To_ FORSET, _v. a._
1. To overpower with work, S.
2. To surfeit, S.
Teut. _ver-saet-en_, obsaturare.
~Forset~, _s._
1. The act of overpowering, S.
2. A surfeit, S.
FORSEL, _s._ A matt for defending a horse's back, Orkn.
Su. G. _foer_, before, and Isl. _sile_, the handle of the dorsets.
FORSY, FORCY, FORSS, _adj._ Powerful. Superl. _forseast_.
_Wallace._
FORSLITTIN, _part. pa._ L. _forflittin_, scolded to excess.
_Philotus._
_To_ FORSPEAK, _v. a._
1. To injure, according to vulgar superst.i.tion, by immoderate praise, S.
O. E.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. To consecrate by charms.
Hence, _Fore-spoken water_, Orkn.
Belg. _voorspook_, an omen.
_Brand._
~Forespeaking~, _s._ Such commendation as is supposed thus to injure the person or thing spoken of, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ FORSTa, _v. a._ To understand, S.
Su. G. _foersta-n_, id.
_Ross._
FORSTARIS, _s._ A female inhabitant of a forest.
_Douglas._
_To_ FORSURNE, _v. a._ To spend.
Teut. _versorg-en_, curare.
_K. Hart._
FORSWIFt.i.t, _part. pa._ Strayed.
_Douglas._
Sw. _foer_, intensive, and _swaef-a_, to wander.
FORTAIVERT, _part. pa._ Much fatigued, S.
FORTHENS, _adv._ At a distance.
_Doug._
FORTHERSUM, FORDERSUM, _adj._
1. Rash; S. B.
_Ross._
