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fore-

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fore-
pref.
1. Before; earlier: foredoom.
2. In front of; front: foredeck.
[Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English, from fore, in front; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
fore-
prefix
1. before in time or rank foresight forefather foreman
2. at or near the front; before in place forehead forecourt
[Old English, from fore (adv)]


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The fore- and-aft rig in its simplicity and the beauty of its aspect under every angle of vision is, I believe, unapproachable.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
In the light baffling airs the schooner had been tacking about a great deal, at which times the sails pass from one side to the other and a man is sent aloft to shift over the fore- gaff-topsail.
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What a rusty portion of a boiler and a great iron wheel or so meant by lying half-buried in the dealer's fore- court, nobody seemed to know or to want to know.
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