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Forebears
- noun - a person from whom you are descended
- ancestors
Forebrace
- - A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
Forebrain
- noun - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
Foreheads
- noun - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
- the part of the face above the eyes
Foremeant
- - Intended beforehand; premeditated.
Foreplays
- noun - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
Forereach
- - To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
Foreshank
- noun - a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg
Forestaff
- - An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.