[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fore \fore\ f=or, 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.
   1913 webster

         the free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
         directed by the fore purpose of the state. --southey.
   1913 webster

   note: fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
         1913 webster

   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.
       1913 webster

             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.
      1913 webster

            sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
                                                  --sandys.

   fore world, the antediluvian world. r. --southey.
      1913 webster
see also:
fore back behind fore bay fore body middle body 
after body fore boot fore bow fore cabin fore carriage 
fore course sail fore door front door fore edge 
fore elder fore end fore girth fore hammer fore leg 
fore peak fore piece fore plane fore reading fore rent 
fore sheets stern sheets fore shore fore sight fore tackle 
fore topmast fore-topmast fore wind fore world 

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