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Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.]
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the
fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
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The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
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Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
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{Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.


{Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
largest cross-section, distinguished from {middle body}
and {after body}.

{Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
stowing baggage, etc.

{Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.

{Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
with inferior accommodations.

{Fore carriage}.
(a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
vehicle.
(b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.

{Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
{Sail}.

{Fore door}. Same as {Front door}.

{Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.


{Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]

{Fore end}.
(a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
the beginning.
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I have . . . paid
More pious debts to heaven, than in all
The fore end of my time. --Shak.
(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
of the trigger guard, or breech frame.

{Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
martingale.

{Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
time, with the hand hammer.

{Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.

{Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
portion of the hold which is farthest forward.

{Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.

{Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.

{Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.

{Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
gathered.

{Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}.

{Fore shore}.
(a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
the surf.
(b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
breakwater. --Knight.
(c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.


{Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
near the muzzle.

{Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.


{Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the
Vocabulary.

{Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
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Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
--Sandys.

{Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), n. [AS. f[=o]r, fr. faran to go. See
{Fare}, v. i.]
Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and
his fore." --Chaucer.
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Fore \Fore\, adv. [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for.
See {For}, and cf. {Former}, {Foremost}.]
1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to
aft, after, back, behind, etc.
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2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. --Shak.
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3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
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{Fore and aft} (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the
vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

{Fore-and-aft rigged} (Naut.), not rigged with square sails
attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on
stays in the midship line of the vessel. See {Schooner},
{Sloop}, {Cutter}.
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Fore \Fore\, prep.
Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of
afore or before. [Obs.]
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Fore \Fore\, n.
The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.
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{At the fore} (Naut.), at the fore royal masthead; -- said of
a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc.

{To the fore}.
(a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in
plain sight; in readiness for use.
(b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as
money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore." --W.
Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two
thousand pounds to the fore?" --Thackeray.
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