served to begin in spring and autumn than in summer and winter; notwithstanding sheep suffer more by the wet in winter than in any of the other seasons. In high grounds they are less liable to it than in low marshy and meadow grounds. FOP, n. s. า A word probably made FOP-DOODLE, n. s. by chance, and therefore FOP'PERY, n. s. without etymology, says FOP'PISH, adj. Dr. Johnson: but there FOP PISHLY, adv. is a regular Teut. subFOP PISHNESS, n. s. stantive fop (Belg. vop); FOP'PLING, n. s. from which it is clearly derived. A simpleton; a coxcomb; a man of small understanding and much ostentation; a pretender; a man fond of show, dress, and flutter; an impertinent: foppery is derived from fop, and signifies that kind of folly which displays itself in dress and manners: to be foppish is to be fantastically and affectedly fine; vain; ostentatious; showy, and ridiculous: foppling is the diminutive of fop, a fool half grown; a stunted and insignificant coxcomb; a thing without species or gender, that endeavours to attract admiration to its pretty person, its pretty dress, &c. In composition it makes fop-doodle, a fool double distilled; one that provokes ridicule and contempt, who thrusts himself into danger with no other chancethan a sound beating for his pains. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. Id. Merchant of Venice. I was three or four times in the thought they were not fairies; and yet the guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness of the foppery into a received belief, in despight of the teeth of all rhyme and reason, that they were fairies. Id. Merry Wives of Windsor. Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle, When such a positive abandoned fop, I fret to see them in such company. But though we fetch from Italy and France Our fopperies of tune and modes of dance Our sturdy Britons scorn to borrow sense. Granville. Thy works in Chloe's toilet gain a part, And with his taylor share the foppling's heart. Tickell. You would know who is rude and ill-natured, who is vain and foppish, who lives too high, and who is in debt. FOR, prep.. and conj. Sax. Fon. Dr. Johns a says preposition. Junius derives it from the Greek oo, transposing the p and changing into F. Skinner and Tyrwhitt from the Latin pro. Mr. Horne Tooke from the Gothic noun fairina, cause. 'I imagine,' observes Mr. Tooke, the word for (whether denominated preposition, conjunction, or adverb) to be a noun, and to have always one and the same single signification, viz. cause, and nothing else. Though Greenwood attributes to it eighteen, and S. Johnson forty-six different meanings; for which Greenwood cites above forty, and Johnson above 200 instances. But, with a little attention to these instances, you will easily perceive, that they usually attribute to the preposition the meaning of some other words in the sentence';-vide Diversions of Purley, p. 345. We are, speaking generally, of Mr. Tooke's opinion as to this word: but the instances of Dr. Johnson will fully illustrate both his definitions, and this more simple one of Mr. Tooke's. We therefore subjoin them, with some few additions and rectifying the chronology. For as much as it is a fundamental law in the Turkish empire, that they may, without any other provocation, make war upon Christendom for the propagation of their laws; so the Christians may at all times, as they think good, be upon the prevention. Id. War with Spain. Let no man, for his own poverty, become more oppressive in his bargains; but quietly recommen his estate to God, and leave the success to him. Taylor. I but revenge my fate; disdained, betrayed, And suffering death for this ungrateful maid. Dryden. Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. Id. Children, discountenanced by their parents for any fault, find a refuge in the caresses of foolish flatterers. Locke. A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world: he that has these two has little more to wish for, and he that wants either of them will be but little better for any thing else. Locke.. Persons who have lost most of their grinders, having been compelled to use three or four only in chewing, wore them so low, that the inward nerve lay bare, and they would no longer for pain make use of them. Ray on the Creation. The middle of the gulph is remarkable for tempests. Addison. My opened thought to joyous prospect raise, And for thy mercy let me sing thy praise. Prior. Which best or worst you could not think; And die you must for want of drink. Id. It is a most infamous scandal upon the nation, to reproach them for treating foreigners with contempt. Swift. We can only give them that liberty now for something, which they have so many years exercised for nothing, of railing and scribbling against us. Id. With respect to; with regard to. Rather our state's defective for requital, That she did give me, whose poesy was, For all the world, Shakspeare, As thou art at this hour, was Richard then. Id. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon's Essays. Authority followeth old men, and favour and popularity youth; but for the moral part, perhaps, youth will have the pre-eminence, as age hath for the politick. Id. After death, we sprights have just such natures We had, for all the world, when human creatures. Dryden. Such little wasps, and yet so full of spite; For bulk mere insects, yet in mischief strong. Tate. Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general; but for particulars and circumstances, he continually lops them. Pope. Our present let appears For happy, though but ill; for ill, not worst, An ant is a wise creature for itself; but it is a shrewd thing in an orchard. Bacon. He refused not to die for those that killed him, And shed his blood for some of those that spilt it. Boyle. Shall I think the world was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? Dryden. an expression of desire. O for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! Shakspeare. In account of; in solution of. Thus much for the beginning and progress of the deluge. Burnet's Theory of the Earth. Inducing to as a motive. There is a natural, immutable, and eternal reason for that which we call virtue, and against that which we call vice. In expectation of. Tillotson. And, for the time shall not seem tedious, Shakspeare. Henry VI. He made considerable progress in the study of the law, before he quitted that profession for this of poetry. Dryden. In the place of; instead of. To make him copious is to alter his character; and to translate him line for line is impossible. Dryden. We take a falling meteor for a star. Cowley. In supply of; to serve in the place of. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model, adore him, and imitate him, as they think, without knowing wherein he is defective. Dryden. Through a certain duration. Those who sleep without dreaming, can never be convinced that their thoughts are for four hours busy, without their knowing it. Locke. The administration of this bank is for life, and partly in the hands of the chief citizens. Addison. In search of; in quest of. Philosophers have run so far back for arguments of comfort against pain, as to doubt whether there were any such thing; and yet, for all that, when any great evil has been upon them, they would cry out as loud as other men. Tillotson. Even death's become to me no dreadful name; In fighting fields, where our acquaintance grew, I saw him, and contemned him first for you. Dryden. For this, 'tis needful to prevent her art, And fire with love the proud Phoenician's heart. Id. Virgil. Some pray for riches; riches they obtain; But watched by robbers, for their wealth are slain. Dryden. Let them who truly would appear my friends, Employ their swords like mine for noble ends. Of tendency to; towards. The kettle to the top was hoist : Id. Swift. In favor of; on the part of; on the side of. Ye suppose the laws for which ye strive are found in Scripture; but those not against which we strive. Hooker. Preface. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one. Dryden. Jove was for Venus; but he feared his wife. Noting accommodation or adaptation. Id. Fortune, if there be such a thing as she, It is for wicked men to dread God; but a virtuous man may have undisturbed thoughts, even of the justice of God. Tillotson. A few rules of logick are thought sufficient, in this case, for those who pretend to the highest improveLocke. ment. Achilles is for revenging himself upon Agamemnon by means of Hector. Becoming; belonging to. It were more for his honour to raise his siege than to spend so many good men in the winning of it by force. Knolles. It were not for your quiet, nor your good, Nor for my manhood, honesty, and wisdom, To let you know my thoughts. Shakspeare. Othello. Jests for Dutchmen and English boys. The' offers he doth make, Were not for him to give, nor them to take. It is a reasonable account for any man to give, why he does not live as the greatest part of the world do, that he has no mind to die as they do, and perish with them. Tillotson. First the wily wizard must be caught; For unconstrained he nothing tells for nought. In proportion to. Id. He is not very tall, yet for his years he's tall. Shakspeare. As he could see clear, for those times, through superstition; so he would be blinded, now and then, by human policy. Bacon. Exalted Socrates! divinely brave! By means of; by interposition of. Of some calamity we can have no relief but from God alone; and what would men do in such a case, if it were not for God? Tillotson. In regard of; in preservation of; I cannot for my life, is, I cannot if my life might be saved by it. I bid the rascal knock upon your gate; Shakspeare. For all. Notwithstanding. For all the carefulness of the Christians the English bulwark was undermined by the enemy, and upon the fourth of September part thereof was blown Knolles's History. But as Noah's pigeon, which returned no more, Did shew she footing found for all the flood. up. Davies. If we apprehend the greatest things in the world of the emperor of China or Japan, we are well enough contented, for all that, to let them govern at home. Stilling fleet. She might have passed over my businesses; but my rabble is not to be mumbled up in silence, for all her pertness. Dryden. For all his exact plot, down was he cast from all his greatness, and forced to end his days in a mean condition. South. For to. In the language used two centuries ago for was commonly used before to, the sign of the infinitive mood, to note the final cause. in the same sense with the French pour. Thus, As, I come for to see you, for I love to see you: it is used in the translation of the Bible. But this distinction was by the best writers sometimes forgotten; and for, by wrong use, appearing superfluous, is now always omitted. But, for to tellen you of his araie,— Chaucer. Prologue to Cant. Tales. On this vile body for to wreak my wrong? A large posterity Up to your happy palaces may mount, Spenser. These things may serve for to represent how just cause of fear this kingdom may have towards Spain. Bacon. FOR, conj. The word by which the reason is introduced of something advanced before. Goth now your way, 'quod he,' al stille and soft And let us dine as sone as that ye may, For by my kalendar it is prime of day. Chaucer. The Shipmannes Tale. Heaven doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Shakspeare. Measure for Measure. Tell me what kind of thing is wit: For the first matter loves variety less. Cowley. Old husbandmen I at Sabinum know, Who for another year dig, plough, and sow; For never any man was yet so old, But hoped his life one Winter more would hold. Denham. For the hope of happiness, said he, is so strongly impressed, that the longest experience is not able to efface it. Johnson's Rasselas. Nor swelled his breast with uncouth pride, That heaven on him above his charge had laid; But, for his great Creator would the same, His will increased; so fire augmenteth flame. Fairfax. Because; on this account that. It is in this sense properly followed by that, and, without it, is elliptical. This sense is almost obsolete. Many excrescences of trees grow chiefly where the tree is dead or faded; for that the natural sap of the tree corrupteth into some preternatural substance. Bacon's Natural History. For as much. In regard to that; in consideration of. For as much as in publick prayer we are not only to consider what needful, in respect of God; but there is also in men that which we must regard: we somewhat incline to length, lest overquick dispatch should give occasion to deem that the thing itself is but little accounted of. Hooker. For as much as the thirst is intolerable, the patient may be indulged the free use of spa water. Arbuthnot. For why. Because; for this reason that. Solyman had three hundred fieldpieces; for why, Solyman purposing to draw the emperor into battle, had brought no pieces of battery with him. Knolles. FOR AGE, v. n., v. a. & n. s. From Lat. foris, abroad; Germ. and Fr. fourrage. To wander far; to rove at a distance; to wander in search of spoil, generally of provisions for an army; to ravage; to feed on spoil; to plunder; to strip; to spoil. Provisions in general; provisions sought abroad; search of provisions; the act of feeding abroad. They will both strengthen all the country round, and also be as continual holds for her majesty, if the people should revolt; for without such it is easy to forage and over-run the whole land. He wearie sate Spenser. To rest himselfe, foreby a fountaine syde, To meet displeasure farther from the doors, And grapple with him, ere he come so nigh. Shakspeare. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling, to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Id. One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen, and fair kine, From a fat meadow ground; or fleecy flock, Ewes and their bleating lambs, over the plains Their booty. Milton's Paradise Lost. The victorious Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark, which foraged their country more than a conquering army. Some o'er the publick magazines preside, And some are sent new forage to provide. Nor dare they stray South. Dryden. Id. When rain is promised or a stormy day; But near the city walls their watering take, Nor forage far, but short excursions make. Id. Provided forage, our spent arms renewed. FORAMEN, in anatomy, a name given to several apertures or perforations in divers parts of the body; as, 1. The external and internal foramen of the cranium or skull. 2. The fo.amina in the upper and lower jaw. 3. Foramen lachrymale. 4. Foramen membranæ tympani. See ANATOMY. FORAMEN OVALE, an oval aperture or passage through the heart of a foetus, which closes up after birth. It arises from the coronal vein, near the right auricle, and passes directly into the left auricle of the heart, serving for the circulation of the blood in the foetus, till the infant breathes, the sound, will deaden it; but in the passage of the Soft and foraminous bodies, in the first creation of sound they will admit it better than harder bodies. Bacon's Natural History. FORBEAR, v. n. pret. & v. a. ̄ I forbore, anciently forbare; part. forborn; Sax. Foɲbænan. For has in composition the power of privation, as forbear; or depravation, as forswear; and other powers not easily explained.-Dr. Johnson. To cease from any thing; to intermit; to pause; to delay; to omit voluntarily; not to do; to abstain; to restrain any violence of temper; to be patient; to decline; to avoid voluntarily; to spare; to treat with clemency; to withhold. The noun is used in all these senses. Forbearer, in addition to intermitter, signifies an interceptor of any thing; as well as that which does not yield, bear, or bring forth. Forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 2 Chron. xxxv. 21. With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2. Ye shul understond also, that Fasting stont in three thinges ;-in forbering of bodily mete and drinke; in forbering of worldly jolitee; and in forbering of dedly sinue; this is to say, that a man shall kepe him fro dedly sinne with all his might. Tusser Chaucer. The Persones Tale. The West as a father all goodness doth bring, The East a forbearer, no manner of thing. But by what meanes that shame to her befell, And how thereof herselfe she did acquite, I must awhile forbeare to you to tell; Till that, as comes by course, I doe recite What fortune to the Briton prince did lite. Spenser. Faerie Queene. Have a continent forbearance, 'till the speed of his rage goes slower. Shakspeare. King Lear. Forbear his presence, until time hath qualified the heat of his displeasure. True nobleness would Learn him forbearance from so foul a wrong. pray you, tarry: pause a day or two, Before you hazard; for in chusing wrong, Id. Shakspeare. I lose your company; therefore forbear a while. Id. The wolf, the lion, and the bear, To quarrel with themselves forbear. Denham. be looked upon as invalid and void, and execution If it passed only by the house of peers, it should should be thereupon forborn or suspended. |