To and fro. “Back and fore,” O.E.
1653. He would go back and fore along the foresaid rope.—Urquhart’s ‘Rabelais.’ (N.E.D.)
1846. The [revivalistic] extravagances of some parts of the West never found their way east of the Alleghenies, such as running back and forth, barking like a dog, and uttering inhuman sounds, like nothing imaginable.—W. H. Foote, ‘Sketches of North Carolina,’ p. 409–10.
1857. They would run here and there, back and forth, at full speed along the sands, leap high into the air, kicking up their heels, and performing all the various antics of which animals so supple and active may be supposed capable.—S. H. Hammond, ‘Wild Northern Scenes,’ p. 138.
1878. Repentant and returning Mormons were numerous, but seldom noisy. One I met who had been back and forth, in and out of the Church, three times.—J. H. Beadle, ‘Western Wilds,’ p. 46.
