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foreway

English

Etymology

From fore- +? way.

Noun

foreway (plural foreways)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England) A highroad.
  2. (Britain dialectal) An advantage; foredeal.
    • 1902, Pearson's magazine: Volume 13:
      Provided that old Gilligan had not more horse sense than yourself and got the foreway of you," says I, [...]
  3. (of a vehicle) The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.

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forway

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (to go astay, go out of the way), partly equivalent to for- +? way (compare Old English forwe?an (to overcome, kill)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (to err, go astray), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (to go astray, err).

Verb

forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

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