Fore"hand` (?), n.

1.

All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Johnson.

2.

The chief or most important part.

Shak.

3.

Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.


Fore"hand`, a.

Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.