Forth adv., prep. and sb.

Forms: 1 forð, forþ, (fordh, forht), 3–4 south. vorth, 3–6 forthe, (3 ford, 4 ferth, forgh), 4–6 furth(e, (5 firth), 5–6 fourthe, 6–7 forrth. [OE. forð = OFris., OS. forth (Du. voort), MHG. vort (mod.Ger. fort):—OTeut. *furþo- (represented also in Goth. faurþis FURTHER):—pre-Teut. *pŕto-, a derivative with suffix -to- of the root which appears in FORE adv.

  Criticized as obsolete by Gray in letter to Dr. Beattte, 8 March 1771.]

  A.  adv.

  1.  Of movement or direction: Forwards; opposed to backwards. Obs. exc. in back and forth, now only U.S. (? or dial.) = ‘backwards and forwards.’ † Also, with ellipsis of go. Cf. 6 b.

c. 1000.  Ælfric, Josh. viii. 20. [Hi] ne mihton ðanon fleon, ne forþ ne underbæc.

c. 1380.  Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 155. Þat riȝtwisnesse may not forþ in her vertuouse lyuynge.

c. 1430.  Hymns Virg. (1867), 97.

1535.  Coverdale, Ezra v. 8. Y^e worke goeth fast forth, and prospereth in their handes.

1543.  T. Basil, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., I. l. 383. If his Grace go forth as he hath begun, he shall make such a flourishing realm, both in spiritual and corporal goods.

1548.  Hall, Chron., Hen. V. (an. 3), 49. Eche armye so maligned & grudged at the other beyng in open sight and euident apparence, that euery man cried furth, furth, forward, forward.

1599.  Shaks., Hen. V., II. ii. 189. Then forth, deare Countreymen.

1607.  Dekker & Webster, Northw. Hoe, I. i. Bel. Forth Sir.

1613.  T. Jackson, Apost. Creede, I. 196. Lengthning the time by circular and vnnecessarie turnings, backe and forth.

1839.  [see BACK adv. 13].

1882.  Annie Matheson, A Song for Women, in Macm. Mag., XLVI. 203.

  † b.  Expressing promptitude or eagerness for action. To set (a person) forth: to urge forward. To make oneself forth: to bestir oneself, prepare.

c. 1470.  Henry the Minstrel, Wallace, IV. 482.

1553.  T. Wilson, Rhet. (1580), 67. Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write.

1560.  Rolland, The Court of Venus, II. 208.

  † 2.  Onwards from a specified point; continuously in one direction; without deviation or interruption. So right forth (see RIGHT a.); FORTH ON.

847.  Charter Æthelwulf, in O. E. Texts, 434. From ðæm stane forð on ðone herepað on ðone dic.

1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 171. Fram þe on ende of engelond · vorþ to þe oþer end.

1424.  E. E. Wills (1882), 61. And þanne forth as hit is a-fore declared.

1450–1530.  Myrr. our Ladye, 292. The seconde parte, that ys from Laudamus te furthe to the ende.

1535.  Coverdale, Ezek. vi. 14. From the wildernesse off Deblat forth.

  † b.  Appended to another adv., giving the additional notion of ‘for some distance in the specified direction, everywhere in the specified locality,’ as beneath-, within-, without-forth (for quots. see those words); also about-forth, for some distance round; otherwise forth, in all other respects. Obs.

c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 223. Whanne þou wolt kutte þis enpostym, þou schalt but kutte abouteforþ in þe skyn.

1587.  Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 1955/2. He would … not onelie restore him to his former libertie, but otherwise forth be readie to pleasure him.

  † c.  In early ME. forth mid, later forth with = ‘along with.’ Also absol., along with him, them, etc.: at the same time with something else.

c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 117. Þenne Iosiað fele saulen and he seolf forð mid for his ȝemeleste. Ibid., 123. Þenne bið he gredi þes eses and forswoleȝeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese.

a. 1200.  Moral Ode, 90, in E. E. P. (1862), 28. To heuenriche he scullen, ford mid vre drihte.

c. 1325.  Know Thyself, 95, ibid. 132. Amende þe mon euene forþ mydde.

c. 1386.  Chaucer, Pars. T., ¶ 345. There is also costlewe furringe in hir gounes … forth with the superfluitee in lengthe of the forseide gownes.

1460.  Lybeaus Disc., 1474 (Kaluza).

  † d.  Forth with that: at the same moment that. Cf. FORTHWITHAL and FORTHWITH. Obs.

1541.  R. Copland, Galyen’s Terapeutyke, 2 A iv. The ende of the bathynge and wetynge shalbe forth with that the partycle becometh ruddy and ryse in a lumpe.

  3.  Of extent in time: Onwards, immediately afterwards and continuously. Now only in phrases from this time (day, etc.) forth (somewhat arch.), and in combs. HENCEFORTH, THENCEFORTH, etc. † Always forth: continually, ever more and more, so ever forth, aye forth (OE. á forð), for which see EVER, AYE.

a. 700.  Epinal Gloss., 529. In dies crudesceret: a fordh.

c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 25. Þat laðliche beast leaueð & last forð.

a. 1300.  Cursor M., 3757.

a. 1450.  Morte Arth., 1668.

1535.  Coverdale, Haggai ii. 10. Considre then from this daye forth and afore.

1559.  Fecknam, in Strype, Ann. Ref., I. App. ix. 24. Which of them bothe is of it self more steadfast, and allwayes forth one and agreeable with it self.

1577.  Holinshed, Scot. Chron., I. 394/2. The King … assigned hir foorth sufficient reuenewes.

1601.  Shaks., Jul. C., IV. iii. 48.

1611.  Bible, Ps. cxiii. 2. Blessed be the name of the Lord: from this time forth.

1850.  Dickens, Child’s Dream Star, Househ. Wds., I. 25. From that hour forth, the child looked out upon the star as on the Home he was to go to.

  † b.  Expressing continuity or progressiveness of action; joined to a verb, and giving the sense ‘to go on doing’ what the verb denotes. Cf. on. Obs.

Beowulf (Z.), 948.

O. E. Chron., an. 534 (Laud MS.). Cynric … rixade forþ xxvi wintra.

1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 6576.

c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. (1725), 174.

c. 1380.  Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 135. Possessioners may holden forþe here seculer lordischipis.

1399.  Political Poems (Rolls), I. 371.

1428.  E. E. Wills (1882), 81. Y woll that myne Executours hold & parfourme forth my deuouaciouns forth as I was wonte.

1477.  Earl Rivers (Caxton), Dictes, 7 b. Pray him of his merci he wol so kepe you forthe.

1542.  Recorde, Gr. Artes, C iv b. Whiche, after you haue well practysed, then maie you learne forth.

1563.  Homilies, II. Agst. Idolatry, III. (1859), 216. The scripture, although it have certain descriptions of God, yet if you read on forth, it expoundeth itself.

a. 1615.  Brieve Cron. Erlis of Ross (1830), 17. He bigged furth the Dortour, and was sinistruously and wrongously put out of the Abbay.

1808.  Scott, Marm., II. xxx.

  † c.  To make forth (long, longer): to protract.

1565–73.  Cooper, Thesaurus, Contexere longius … I might make forth this verse longer.

1611.  Shaks., Cymb., IV. ii. 149.

  † d.  Further, moreover, also. Obs.

c. 1315.  Shoreham, 9.

1481.  Caxton, Reynard (Arb.), 34. I may not escape my lorde the kynge and dere quene and forth alle ye that here stande, er I departe fro this worlde.

  † 4.  At or to an advanced point: a. of position or progress. Obs.

a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 374. Þeos wrastlunge is ful bitter to monie þet beoð ful uorð iðe weie touward heouene.

a. 1300.  Cursor M., 11027 (Gött.).

c. 1400.  Maundev. (1839), xvii. 180. More forthe toward the parties septemtrioneles, it [the North Pole] is 62 Degrees of heghte, and certeyn Mynutes.

  † b.  of time. Forth days, nighte: forth in with even: late in the day, night, or evening. Obs.

a. 1300.  Birth of Jesus, 576, in Altengl. Leg. (Horstm.), 91. Vorþ niȝte hit was.

1388.  Wyclif, Mark vi. 35. Whanne it was forth daies [cum hora multa fieret], hise disciplis camen.

a. 1400.  Sir Perc., 825.

a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 3055. Þen quen þai fange to ȝe fliȝt · was furth in with euyn.

1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, XX. v. 804 Or it be forth dayes.

  5.  Forward, into view. Only with such verbs as bring, come, show, put, etc.: see the verbs.

c. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., V. xiv. [xiii.] (1890), 438. Þa teah heora oðer forð fæȝre boc.

c. 1050.  Byrhtferth’s Handboc, in Anglia (1885), VIII. 298ú9. & forð stæpð wel orglice binnan feower wintrum.

c. 1200.  Ormin, 3078.

a. 1340.  Cursor Mundi, 11988 (Fairf.). He … oþer childer forþ hit kid.

1388.  Wyclif, 2 Sam. vi. 6. Oza helde forth the hond to the arke of God.

1551.  T. Wilson, Logike (1580), 3 b. A question is either a worde or sentence put foorthe, as when I aske what suche thyng is.

1692.  E. Walker, Epictetus’ Mor., xx.

1719.  Young, Busiris, I. i.

1872.  Jenkinson, Guide Eng. Lakes (1879), 159. Keswick, the two churches, and houses dotted here and there, are seen in the valley, at the foot of Skiddaw, which stands forth in all its majesty.

  † b.  with ellipsis of come or go. Forth with = come forth with, (come) out with, utter. Obs.

c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 139. He myȝte forþ wiþ no word.

1551.  R. Robinson, trans. More’s Utop., To Rdr. (Arb.), 19. To Imprintinge it came, and that partly against my wyll. Howebeit … perceauing therfore none other remedy, but that furth it shoulde.

  6.  Away or out from a place of origin, residence, or sojourn.

c. 1000.  Ælfric, Exod. xiii. 19. Alædaþ mine ban forþ mid eow.

c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 5. Þat folc eode þar ford to processiun to munte oliueti.

c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 113. Forð glod ðis oðer dais niȝt.

a. 1300.  Fall & Passion, 47, in E. E. P. (1862), 14.

c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 2984.

1596.  Shaks., Tam. Shr., V. ii. 104.

1697.  Dryden, Virg. Georg., IV. 104.

1771.  Beattie, Minstr., I. iii.

1852.  Miss Yonge, Cameos, I. i. 5. Fleets coalesced under the command of some chieftain of birth or note, and the Vikings, or pirates, sailed fearlessly forth, to plunder the tempting regions to the south of them.

  b.  with ellipsis of go. Now arch.

c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 81. Nu is þes deakne forþe.

c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 309. No lenger suld þei bide, bot forth & stand to chance.

1481.  Caxton, Godfrey, clix. 234. The goyng forth of therle of tholouse the duc of normandye & Cancre caused them moche to haue the wyll forth.

1607.  Shaks., Cor., I. iii. 99. Indeed, I will not foorth.

1837.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. VII. iv. Maternity must forth to the streets.

1860.  W. Collins, Antonina, II. v. 142. The slaves of his neighbour the senator are forth to pursue me.

  † 7.  Of position: Abroad; not at home; in the field; at sea. Cf. ABROAD 3 and 4. Obs.

14[?].  Chalmerlain Ayr (Sc. Stat., I). Alswele induellande as furth duelland.

1590.  Shaks., Com. Err., II. ii. 212. Say he dines forth. Ibid. (1596), Merch. V., I. i. 15. Had I such venture forth. Ibid. (1598), Merry W., II. ii. 276. At that time the iealious-rascally-knaue her husband will be forth. Ibid. (1607), Cor., I. iii. 108. The Volcies haue an Army forth.

  † 8.  In senses 5 and 6, the adv. was formerly used in many idiomatic combinations with verbs, where for the most part out is now substituted. Obs.

c. 1430.  Two Cookery-bks., I. 23. Coloure it with Safroun, an sethe an serue forth.

1513.  Douglas, Æneis, XIII. Prol. 164.

1513.  More, in Grafton, Chron. (1568), II. 770. The fetching forth of this noble man to his honor and wealth, out of that place in which he neither is nor can be a sanctuary man.

1584.  Vestry Bks. (Surtees), 16. Laid forthe by the foresaid churchwardens … vij s. vj d.

1593.  Tell-Troth’s N. Y. Gift, 34. New conceites are easly remoued, but engrauen thoughtes will not be rubbed forth.

1590.  Shaks., Com. Err., IV. iv. 98. Ant. Say wherefore didst thou locke me forth to day. Ibid. (1593), 3 Hen. VI., II. i. 12. I … watcht him how he singled Clifford forth. Ibid. (1596), Merch. V., I. i. 143. To finde the other forth.

1611.  Bible, Transl. Pref., 1. He gaue foorth, that hee had not seene any profit to come by any Synode or meeting of the Clergie, but rather the contrary.

1659.  D. Pell, Impr. Sea, 280. If they finde them so doing, they will blow them [candles] forth.

1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 182/1. The Library Keeper, is to keep the place Locked, except to those who are admitted, to keep the Books clean, to lend none forth, and to have a Catalogue of them.

  9.  Phraseological combinations.

  a.  Forth of = out of in various senses. Now only poet. or rhetorical, and only in lit. sense expressive of motion from within a place. In 16–17th c. occas. † from forth of. † Forth of door(s, forth adoors: out of doors; see ADOORS. † Forth of hand = out of hand, at once.

c. 1500.  Doctry. Gd. Servaunts (Percy Soc.), 8.

1513.  Douglas, Æneis, III. viii. 26. Furth of his eft schip a bekyn gart he stent.

1537.  Pole, Lett. to King, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., I. App. lxxxii. 203. There was never man yet, prince or other in this world, that by offence was forth of the grace & favor of God.

1552–3.  Inv. Ch. Goods, Staffs., in Ann. Lichfield, IV. 51. Thes parcells followynge were stolne furthe of the sayd churche at Cristmas.

1564.  Haward, Eutropius, V. 51. Where so euer any citezens of Rome might be found, they shuld be all slaine forthe of hande.

c. 1592.  Marlowe, Massacre Paris, III. iii.

1594.  Shaks., Rich. III., IV. iv. 174.

1607.  Wilkins, Miseries Inforst Marr., v. Scar. Off with your coate then, get you fort a doores.

1614.  N. Riding Rec. (1884), II. 54. The wife of said Driffeld for that she will not sell anie of her ale forth of doores except it be to those whom she likes on.

1622.  in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1883), I. 212. Forth of his wayges from the towne of Liv’poole, soe much money shall be abated and defalked as the tendinge and keepinge of the said clocke shall lye in.

1632.  Rowley, Woman never Vext, IV. 59.

1633.  T. James, Voy., 61. Forth adores we could not go, but vpon the snow: in which we made vs paths middle deepe in some places.

1671.  J. Webster, Metallogr., i. 14. Morienus a Roman Hermit, whose Writings were translated forth of the Arabick Language into Latine, Ann. Ch. 1182. who learned the Art of Transmutation.

1751.  Affect. Narr. Wager, 63. He threw his Pistol aside, and came forth of the Tent.

1816.  Keatinge, Trav. (1817), I. 49. He who is exiled forth of the land, endures his punishment at home.

1867.  Swinburne, in Fortn. Rev., Nov., 541.

  b.  And so forth, † (a) And then onwards; and then in regular sequence. † (b) And similarly (in the remaining cases); usually followed by of (OE. be). (c) Now used only (like and so on) in breaking off an enumeration, quotation, etc.: And the like, etcetera. Formerly also, † or so forth.

  (a)  c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gram., xxv. (Z.), 144. And swa forþ.

c. 1290.  S. Eng. Leg., I. 473/400. To his schyp he wende: and so forz [read forþ] in þe se.

c. 1340.  Cursor M., 6121 (Fairf.).

1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XIV. 158.

1551.  Recorde, Pathw. Knowl., II. lvi. If a line bee drawen by bothe their centres, and so forthe in lengthe, that line shall runne to that pointe, where the circles do touche.

1574.  Whitgift, Def. Aunsw., III. i. 9. Looke Fol. 32. of the. 2. Admonition especially, and so foorth, where they speake in most vnchristian maner.

  (b)  c. 1000.  Starcraft fr. Bæda, 4, in Sax. Leechd., III. 250. And swa forð be ðam oðrum.

c. 1400.  Maundev. (Roxb.), xxx. 137. A Kynges porter … anoþer sewer, anoþer marschall, and so furth of all oþer officez þat langes till his courte.

1450–1530.  Myrr. our Ladye, 3. Why an hympne ys callyd an hympne, and why an Antempne is callyd an Antempne and so fourth of other.

a. 1500.  Wycket (1828), 4. They spared not the sonne of God when that the temporall iudge woulde haue delyuered him, and so forth of the apostels and martirs that hathe spoken truely the worde of God to them.

  (c)  1574–5.  Abp. Parker, Corresp. (1853), 474. I toy out my time, partly with copying of books, partly in devising ordinances for scholars to help the ministry, partly in genealogies, and so forth.

1602.  Shaks., Ham., II. i. 61. Videlicet, a Brothell, or so forth.

1670.  G. H., Hist. Cardinals, III. I. 239. These [Articles] were such as declar’d him a Heretick, a Sodomite, a Murderer, a Simoniac, a Perjur’d person, a Blasphemer, a Hypocrite, a Gamester, an Adulterer, a Fornicater, a Poisoner, an Usurer, a Profaner, and so forth.

1745.  P. Thomas, Jrnl. Anson’s Voy., 44. She proved a rich Merchant Ship, having on board eighteen thousand Pounds Sterling in Dollars and Plate, with some Jewels, abundance of Gold and Silver Twist, and so forth.

1816.  Keatinge, Trav. (1817), II. 155. Geology brings to the mind here all the connextion of ideas of fox-bench, with the denudation of forests, coal-beds, iron, fresh water piscatory exuviæ, and so forth—the consistency of Nature in all her works.

1843.  Macaulay, Lett. Napier, 19 April, in Trevelyan, Life (1876), II. ix. 127. The lady … called the Marquis of Hertford ‘Earl of Hertford,’ and so forth.

  † c.  As or so forth: as or so far, to such an extent or degree (as, that), Cf. FAR-FORTH.

a. 1000.  Ags. Laws, Oaths, xi. Swa forð swa uncre wordȝecwydu fyrmest wæron.

a. 1225.  Leg. Kath., 2302.

a. 1225.  Juliana, 15. Þat tu hauest wið ute me se forð þi luue ileuet þat tu letest lutel of al þat tu schuldest luuien. Ibid., 47. And wurche his wil ouer al ase forð as imei.

c. 1386.  Chaucer, Man of Law’s Prol., 19 (Harl. MS.). Leseþ no tyme, as forþe as ȝe may.

  B.  prep.

  † 1.  Forward to, up to, to the extent or limit of. Chiefly with even: see EMFORTH, EVEN-FORTH. Also in conjunctional phrase, Forth that: until.

c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxviii. § 5. On cnihthade and swa forþ eallne ðonne ȝioȝoþhad.

c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 91. Forð þet ic alegge þine feond under þine fot-sceomele.

c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 87. Forð þat hie understonden wurldes wit and mannes munde.

c. 1449.  Pecock, Repr., 52. If the processis forth and afore the testis ligging be weel and diligentli considerid, it schal be open to ech such reeder and considerer. Ibid., I. xvii. 100. The processis forth and aftir, bifore and behinde, where thilke textis ben writun.

  2.  Forward, out or away from; out of, from out of. Now rare.

1566.  Painter, Pal. Pleas. (1813), II. 114. In saying so the teares gushed forth hir eyes, and hir voice brake oute into complaints.

1594.  Daniel, Cleopatra, II. i.

1595.  Hunnis, Joseph, 5. They stript him forth his party cote.

1670.  P. Henry, Diaries & Lett. (1882), 231. [He] went forth his Desk.

1678.  Otway, Friendship in Fash., V. (1736), 107. Discharge them of their punishment, and see ’em forth the gates.

1814.  Cary, Dante, Purg., XXXII. 107, (Chandos), 210.

1864.  Blackmore, Clara Vaughan, I. xxxiv. 299. The brambled quarry standing forth the trees.

  b.  Preceded by from.

a. 1592.  Marlowe & Nashe, Dido, II. i.

1598.  Shaks., Merry W., IV. iv. 53. Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once.

1671.  Milton, Samson, 921.

1820.  Keats, Eve St. Agnes, xxx.

  † C.  sb. In phrase, To have one’s forth: to have outlet; fig. to have free course, to have one’s ‘fling.’ Hence (rarely) as independent sb.: Free course, wide publicity. Obs.

1362.  Langl., P. Pl., A. III. 152.

1496.  Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), VIII. vii. 329/1. These men of lawe that for … withdrawe them to suffre or lette falsehede haue his forth.

1567.  Jewell, Apol., 327. Wee … geeue God thankes, that, maugre al your practises, and policies, hath published, and proclaimed the name of his Sonne in euery place through the worlde. The foorth, and force thereof greeueth you nowe, as it did others your Fathers before you, that cried out in an agonie, What shal wee doo? Al the worlde renneth after him.

1597.  J. King, On Jonah (1599), 362. Thorough Propontis, where the sea is patent againe, and hath his forth.

1597.  Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. lxii. § 8. The Church … was contented to let Donatists haue their foorth by the space of threescore yeares.

1611.  Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. viii. § 32. Obstacles … which all must be dasht and voyded before the Pope can haue his full forth.

  D.  Forth- in composition. In OE. and ME. the combinations of forth adv. with vbs. are hardly to be considered compound words; whether the adv. precedes or follows the vb. depends on euphonic or other conditions which do not affect the sense. The agent-nouns, nouns of action, and ppl. adjs. corresponding to these verbal locutions were formed by prefixing forth to the verbal noun or adj. corresponding to the verb. In mod. Eng. compound vbs. formed with forth- are rare; but forth- is often used as a prefix in the formation of nouns of agent and action, and ppl. adjs. corresponding to the verbal phrases (compound verbs in sense but not in form) in which the adv. follows the verb. More frequently, however, the agent-noun, etc., is followed by the adv.; thus we have a setter forth, but *forthsetter is app. not recorded. For the formation of ppl. adjs. the prefix is the only means available; and in poetry from Pope onwards it is very common in pres. pples.

  In some OE. and ME. words, forth- appears as a substitute for FORE-: see FORTHFATHER, FORTHWARD, FORTHWITH 2.

  The more important compounds of forth- will be treated in their alphabetical place as Main words; those enumerated in this article are nonce-words or of rare occurrence.

  1.  Verbs; as forth-leap, -throw, and renderings of Lat. vbs. with pro-, as forth-cut, -follow, -look.

1382.  Wyclif, Isa. xxviii. 24. Whether al day shal ere the erere, that he sowe, and *forth kutten [Vulg. proscindet], and purge his erthe?

a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter, lxviii. 27 [lxix. 26]. For, wham þou smate, *forth-filiyhed [Vulg. persecuti sunt] þa.

13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., C. 154. Mony ladde þer *forth-lep to laue & to kest.

a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter, lxxxiv. 12 [lxxxv. 11]. Fra heven *forth-loked [Vulg. prospexit] rightwisenes.

1557.  Tottell’s Misc. (Arb.), 195. To stay my life pray her *furththrowe swete lokes whan I complaine.

  2.  Nouns: a. vbl. sbs.; as forth-carrying, -flowing, -giving, † -living, -shedding, -shining, -stretching. Also, † forth-getting, a shoot, sprout; † forth-growing, an outgrowth. b. nouns of action; as, forth-flow, -look, † -progress, -roll, † -speed. c. agent-nouns, as forth-speaker.

1716.  in Wodrow Corr. (1843), II. 137. They were necessitate to carry the old dying woman in sheets and blankets out of the house, who died in the *forth-carrying.

1870.  J. Duncan, Colloq. Peripat., 138. The *forthflow of the one life of the universe must contain no ultimately and irreconcilably jarring elements.

1886.  A. B. Bruce, Miraculous Elem. Gosp., vii. 258. The simplest and most satisfactory view to take of these miracles is to regard them as the *forthflowing of that love which, according to prophetic oracles, was the chief Messianic charism.

1382.  Wyclif, Jer. v. 10. Doth awei his *forthgetingus [Vulg. propagines], for thei ben not the Lordis.

1887.  L. Parks, His Star in East, ii. 52. The creation of a father is the *forthgiving of a father’s life.

1562.  Turner, Herbal, II. 40 b. In the top of (the braunches of Lithospermon) is ther a double *furthgrowyng or a double thyng growing out.

c. 1450[?].  MS. St. John’s Coll. Oxon (No. 117 fo. 123 b), in Maskell, Man. Rit., III. 356. Loke thi beginning of thi lif, care and sorwe; thi *fo[r]thliuing, trauail and dene and and disese, and so thu ledist thi lif.

1865.  A. B. Grosart, Mem. H. Palmer, 45. There is a worn, wistful, sad *forth-look that is unspeakably touching.

c. 1475.  Partenay, 3199. To thys *forth-progresse Geffray made redy.

1891.  G. Meredith, One of our Conq., I. viii. 144. Victor’s gaze of pleasure in the noble *forthroll of the notes.

1526.  Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 254. His great effusyon or *forthshedynge of his blode.

1875.  E. White, Life in Christ, II. xi. (1878), 121. The full *forthshining of the light came only with the Christ.

1873.  D. Fraser, Synopt. Lect., III. 2. The prophet, or *forth-speaker.

1494.  Fabyan, Chron., VI. clxix. 162. Which tydynges lettyd hym of his *forth spede in that iourney.

c. 1400.  trans. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.), 69. *Forth-strechynge of þe membres makys stalworth þe body.

  3.  Adjectives and participles: a. Pres. pples. and ppl. adjs., as forth-beaming, -flowing, -giving, -gleaming, -issuing, -standing; also † forth-werpand, casting out. b. Pass. pples., as † forth-fet, † -sent; also, † forth-grown, brought up; † forth-straȝt, stretched out (= Lat. directæ).

1725.  Pope, Odyss., XIII. 500.

c. 1425.  Seven Sag. (P.), 2440.

1866.  R. S. Candlish, 1st Ep. John xxvii. 306. Ask that man, as before God, and in the eye of his own conscience, Is all clear and open, free and *forth-flowing, between thee and him whom thou so painfully servest?

1883.  Life Mrs. Prentiss, ix. 290. With young ladies who loved what she loved she was peculiarly free and playful and *forth-giving, and such were among her dearest and most lovingly admiring friends.

a. 1835.  Mrs. Hemans, Eng. Mart., i.

c. 1400.  Test. Love, I. Chaucer’s Wks. (1532), 331 b. The cytie of London, that is to me so dere and swete, in whiche I was *forthe growen.

1725.  Pope, Odyss., XX. 181 To the sage Greeks convened in Themis’ court, *Forth-issuing from the dome, the prince repaired.

1611.  W. Sclater, Key (1628), To Reader. My desire was to haue *forth-sent them with greater company and better furniture.

1715–20.  Pope, Iliad, XIII. 91.

1866.  Blackmore, Cradock Nowell, xlvii. She saw that the tint of her lover’s eyes was gone from a beautiful deep grey to the tone of a withered oak-leaf, the pupils *forthstanding haggardly, with livid circles around them, and the face itself a type of trouble and long suffering, so gaunt, and wan, and weary.

1382.  Wyclif, Ecclus. xxxix. 29. The weies of it to the weies of them ben *forth straȝt.

a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter, xvi[i]. 11. Me um-gaf nou me *forth werpand [Vulg. projicientes].