English Dictionary: foreordain | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fair-haired \Fair"-haired`\, a. Having fair or light-colored hair. | |
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. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. {Fire bar}, a grate bar. {Fire basket}, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. {Fire beetle}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Fire blast}, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. {Fire box}, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. {Fire brick}, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. {Fire brigade}, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. {Fire bucket}. See under {Bucket}. {Fire bug}, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] {Fire clay}. See under {Clay}. {Fire company}, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. {Fire cross}. See {Fiery cross}. [Obs.] --Milton. {Fire damp}. See under {Damp}. {Fire dog}. See {Firedog}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire drill}. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. {Fire eater}. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] {Fire engine}, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. {Fire escape}, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. {Fire gilding} (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. {Fire gilt} (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. {Fire insurance}, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. {Fire irons}, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. {Fire main}, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. {Fire master} (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. {Fire office}, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. {Fire opal}, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. {Fire ordeal}, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. {Fire pan}, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. {Fire plug}, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. {Fire policy}, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. {Fire pot}. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. {Fire raft}, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire roll}, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. {Fire setting} (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. {Fire ship}, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. {Fire shovel}, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. {Fire stink}, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. --Raymond. {Fire surface}, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. {Fire swab}, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. {Fire teaser}, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. {Fire water}, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. {Fire worship}, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. {Greek fire}. See under {Greek}. {On fire}, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. {Running fire}, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. {St. Anthony's fire}, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. {St. Elmo's fire}. See under {Saint Elmo}. {To set on fire}, to inflame; to kindle. {To take fire}, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Firewarden \Fire"ward`en\, n. An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also {fireward}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Firewarden \Fire"ward`en\, n. An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also {fireward}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fore \Fore\, 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. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. {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, distinguisched from middle body abd 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. 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.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey. | |
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Forehearth \Fore"hearth`\, n. (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp. | |
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Foreordain \Fore`or*dain"\, v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. --Hooker. | |
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Foreordinate \Fore*or"di*nate\, v. t. To foreordain. | |
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Foreordination \Fore*or`di*na"tion\, n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination. | |
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Foreread \Fore*read"\, v. t. To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Foreward \Fore"ward`\, n. The van; the front. [Obs.] My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. --Shak. | |
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Foreword \Fore"word`\, n. A preface. --Furnvall. | |
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Foreyard \Fore"yard`\, n. (Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. Note: [See Illust. of {Ship}.] | |
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Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forwarding}.] 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.] An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. --Chaucer. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[84]rts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, a. 1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet. 2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak. 3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. --T. Arnold. 4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forwarding}.] 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. | |
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Forwarder \For"ward*er\, n. 1. One who forwards or promotes; a promoter. --Udall. 2. One who sends forward anything; (Com.) one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forwarding}.] 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. | |
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Forwarding \For"ward*ing\, n. 1. The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others. 2. (Bookbinding) The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher. | |
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Forwardly \For"ward*ly\, adv. Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively. | |
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Forwardness \For"ward*ness\, n. The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel. 2. An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness. --Robertson. 3. Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth. 3. Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty. In France it is usual to bring children into company, and cherish in them, from their infancy, a kind of forwardness and assurance. --Addison. 5. A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil. He had such a dexterous proclivity, as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. --Sir H. Wotton. Syn: Promptness; promptitude; eagerness; ardor; zeal; assurance; confidence; boldness; impudence; presumption. | |
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Forwards \For"wards\, adv. Same as {Forward}. | |
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Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[84]rts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. | |
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Fourierist \Fou"ri*er*ist\, Fourierite \Fou"ri*er*ite\, n. One who adopts the views of Fourier. | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Free-hearted \Free"-heart`ed\, a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Free-hearted \Free"-heart`ed\, a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Free-hearted \Free"-heart`ed\, a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Free"-heart`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf. {Fromward}.] Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. --Bacon. Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See {Perverse}. -- {Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n. | |
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Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf. {Fromward}.] Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. --Bacon. Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See {Perverse}. -- {Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n. | |
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Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf. {Fromward}.] Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. --Bacon. Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See {Perverse}. -- {Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
forward message that you have received on to one or more other {addressees}. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. {Unix} {sendmail} looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's {home directory}. A {mailing list} server (or "{mail exploder}") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people. {Unix manual page}: aliases(5). (2000-03-22) | |
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forward analysis An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs. | |
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forward chaining A data-driven technique used in constructing {goal}s or reaching {inference}s derived from a set of {fact}s. Forward chaining is the basis of {production system}s. Oppose {backward chaining}. (1994-10-28) | |
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forward compatibility itself. Forward compatibility is harder to achieve than {backward compatibility}, since, in the backward case, the input format is know whereas a forward compatible system needs to cope gracefully with unknown future features. An example of future compatibility is the stipulation that a {web browser} should ignore {HTML tags} it does not recognise. See also {extensible}. (2003-06-23) | |
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forward compatible {forward compatibility} | |
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forward delta The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management | |
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forward engineering abstractions and logical, implementation-independent designs to the physical implementation of a system. Contrast {reverse engineering}. (1996-10-02) | |
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Forward Error Correction a one-way {communication} system. FEC sends extra information along with the data, which can be used by the receiver to check and correct the data. A {CPU} writing data to {RAM} is a kind of one-way communication - see {error correcting memory} and {error checking and correction}. (1996-10-02) | |
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forwards compatibility {forward compatible} | |
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forwards compatible {forward compatible} | |
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Fourier transform weighted sum of sines and cosines. Computers generally rely on the version known as {discrete Fourier transform}. Named after J. B. Joseph Fourier (1768 -- 1830). See also {wavelet}, {discrete cosine transform}. (1997-03-9) |