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. Addisom.

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 some-
thing, 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,
Than we to stretch it out. Shakspeare. Coriolanus.
A paltry ring

That she did give me, whose poesy was,
For all the world, like cutler's poetry
Upon a knife; love me and leave me not.

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.

Lo, some are vellum, and the rest as good, For all his lordship knows, but they are wood. Id. In this sense it has often as before it. As for Maramaldus the general, they had no just cause to mislike him, being an old captain of great experience.

In the character of.

Knolles.

Our present lot

appears For happy, though but ill; for ill, not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton. In advantage of; for the sake of.

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.

Read all the prefaces of Dryden,
For those our criticks much confide in;
Though merely writ at first for filling,

To raise the volume's price a shilling. Swift. Conducive to; beneficial to.

It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.

Tillotson.

With appropriation to.

Shadow will serve for Summer: prick him; for we have a number of shadows to fill up the musterbook. Shakspeare.

After O 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. Tillotson.

In expectation of.

He must be back again by one and twenty, to marry and propagate the father cannot stay any longer for the portion, nor the mother for a new set of babies to play with.

Noting power or possibility.

Locke.

For a holy person to be humble, for one, whom all men esteem a saint, to fear lest himself become a devil, is as hard as for a prince to submit himself to be guided by tutors.

Noting dependence.

Taylor.

The colours of outward objects, brought into a darkened room, depend for their visibility upon the dimness of the light they are beheld by. In prevention of; for fear of.

Boyle.

Corn being had down, any way ye allow, Should wither as needeth for burning in mow.

Tusser

And, for the time shall not seem tedious,
I'll tell thee what befel me on a day,
In this self place.

Shakspeare. Henry VI.

I here must be no alleys with hedges at the hither end, for letting your prospect upon this fair hedge from the green: nor at the farther end, for letting your prospect from the hedge through the arches upon the heath. Bacon's Essays.

She wrapped him close for catching cold.

Lovelace.

In remedy of. Sometimes hot, sometimes cold things are good for the toothach. Garretson.

In exchange of.

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.
Some please for once, some will for ever please.
Roscommon.

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.

Shakspeare.

The kingdom of God was first rent by ill counsel; upon which counsel there are set, for our instruction, two marks. Bacon.

Whether some hero's fate,
In words worth dying for, he celebrate.

Cowley. For he writes not for money, nor for praise, Nor to be called a wit, nor to wear bays.

Denham. There we shall see a sight, worthy dying for, that blessed Saviour, who so highly deserves of us.

Boyle. He is not disposed to be a fool, and to be miserable for company. Tillotson.

Here huntsmen with delight may read How to chuse dogs for scent or speed. Id For this, from Trivia's temple and her wood, Are coursers driven, who shed their master's blood. Dryden.

Such examples should be set before them, as patterns for their daily imitation. Locke.

The next question usually is, what is it for? Id. Achilles is for revenging himself upon Agamemnon by means of Hector. Broome. 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. Cowley.

The' offers he doth make,

Were not for him to give, nor them to take.
Daniel.

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.

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;
But could not get him for my heart.

Shakspeare.
I cannot for my heart leave a room, before I have
thoroughly examined the papers pasted upon the walls.
Addison's Spectator.

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. Stillingfleet.

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,-
His hors wos good, but he ne wos not gaie.

Chaucer. Prologue to Cant. Tales.
Who shall let me now

On this vile body for to wreak my wrong
?
Faerie Queene.

A large posterity

Up to your happy palaces may mount,
Of blessed saints for to increase the count.

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 bis 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 is 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. Spenser.

He wearie sate

To rest himselfe, foreby a fountaine syde,
Disarmed all of yron-coted plate;
And by his side his steed the grassy forage ate.
Spenser's Faerie Queene.
Forage, and run

To meet displeasure farther from the doors, And grapple with him, ere he come so nigh. Shakspeare.

Id.

His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling, to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. 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.

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. Id. FORAMEN, in anatomy, a name given to several apertures or perforations in divers parts of the body; as, 1. The external and internal fofamen 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.)
FORBEARANCE, N. s.
FORBEARER, N. S.

I forbore, anciently forbare; part. forborn;

Sax. Forbænan. 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 sinne; 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.

I pray you, tarry: pause a day or two, Before you hazard; for in chusing wrong,

Id.

Shakspeare.

Clarendon.

O Trojan race! your needless aid forbear, And know my ships are my peculiar care.

Dryden.

FORBES (Duncan), Esq. of Culloden, an eminent Scots lawyer and judge, born in 1685. By the advice of his friends he early applied himself to the civil law; in which he made a quick progress, and in 1709 was admitted an advocate. From 1722 to 1737 he represented the boroughs of Inverness, &c. In 1725 he was made king's advocate; and in 1737 Lord President. In 1744 and 1745 he espoused the royal cause, and almost ruined his private fortune; but government did not make him the smallest recompense. He was well versed in the Hebrew language; and wrote some treatises concerning natural and revealed religion. He died in 1747, in the sixty-second year of his age; and his works have since been published in 2 vols. 8vo. FORBES (Patrick), bishop of Aberdeen, was born in 1654, when the affairs of the church of Scotland were in much confusion; to the settlement of which he greatly contributed. As chancellor of the university of Aberdeen, he improved that seat of learning by repairing the fabric, augmenting the library, and reviving the professorships. He published a Commentary on the Revelations, at London, 1613; and died in 1635.

FORBES (John), the son of Patrick, also bishop of Aberdeen; but was expelled by the Covenanters, and forced to fly beyond sea. Upon his return, he lived privately on an estate at Corse, till he died at 1648. His works were printed in 2 vols. folio, in Amsterdam in 1703. His Historical and Theological Institutes have been highly valued.

FORBES (William), born in 1585, was the first bishop of Edinburgh. His ill health and the anti-episcopal disposition of the Scots, confined him chiefly to a retired life: and he died three

months after his consecration in 1634.

FORBES (Sir William), was born in 1739 at Pitsligo, in Scotland. Born to the inheritance of an ample fortune, he early devoted himself to the promotion of the commercial interests of his country, and was, in conjunction with the late Sir James Hunter Blair, the founder of the well known banking establishment at Edinburgh which bears their name. In his youth he had devoted much of his time to the study of literature; and, during the course of his long

life, he never lost sight of those literary pursuits which early association had endeared to him, and which relieved the pressure of his more serious avocations, and lent a distinguished grace to his character. Sin W. Forbes was one of the earliest members of the celebrated literary club which boasted amongst its illustrious associates the names of Johnson, Reynolds, Garrick, and Burke. The literary leisure of his latter days was devoted to the drawing up an account of the life and writings of his friend Dr. Beattie, which was published in 2 vols. 4to. 1806. He died at his seat near Edinburgh in 1806, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.

FORBES (James), an accomplished modern writer, was born in London in 1749, and early sent out by the East India Company to Bombay as a cadet. While in India he traversed various parts of that continent, making observations and forming drawings of every thing worthy of notice. He returned to England with an ample fortune in 1784. At the rupture of the peace of Amiens, he was detained with the other English visitors in France, but obtained his release after a stay of a few months, at the request of the National Institute. He died at Aix-la-Chapelle, August 1st, 1819. Mr. Forbes was the author of Letters from France, 2 vols. 8vo. Reflections on the Character of the Hindoos, 8vo. and Oriental Memoirs, 4 vols. 4to. splendidly illustrated with nearly 100 plates.

FORBID', v. a. & v. n. Pret. I forbade; FORBID DANCE, n. s. part. forbidden or forFORBIDDINGLY, adv. bid. Saxon, FonbeoFORBIDDER, n. s. dan; Gothic, forbu FORBIDDING, part. adj.) da; Dut. verbieden. To prohibit; to interdict any thing; to command to forbear any thing; to oppose; to hinder: to accurse, to blast; in this sense obsolete: to utter a prohibition. Forbiddance signifies an edict against any thing: to do any thing forbiddingly is to do it in an unlawful manner. Forbidding, the participial adjective, is used to signify raising abhorrence, repelling approach; causing aversion.

forboden, but eke the desire to don that sinne.

Here may je see, that not only the dede of this is

Chaucer. The Persones Tale.

Trouth is a thing that I wol ever kepe
Unto the day in whiche that I shal crepe
Into my grave, and elles God forbede:
Beliveth this as siker as your crede.

Id. The Chanones Yemannes Tale.
Ere long to him a homely groome there came,
That in rude wise him asked what he wos,
That durst so boldly, without let or shame,
Into his lords forbidden hall to passe.

Spenser's Faerie Queeno.
Now the good gods forbid,
That our renowned Rome
Should now eat up her own!

Shakspeare. Coriolanus.

Sleep shall neither night nor day

Hang upon his penthouse lid;

He shall live a man forbid. Id. Macbeth.

A witch, a quean, an old cozening quean; have I not forbid her my house? Shakspeare.

With all confidence he swears, as he had seen't, That you have touched his queen forbiddenly.

Id