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† foreˈgain, foreˈgains(t Chiefly Sc. Obs.
[f. fore- prep. or adv. + gain, gainst. Cf. fore-against.]
Directly opposite to; also, in the opposite scale to.
1375Barbour Bruce xvi. 555 Ay forgane the schippis. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1856) I. 133 Ane messinger wes cuming him forgane. a1547Surrey æneid ii. 889 My spouse clasping my feet Foregainst his father young Iulus set. 1563Aberdeen Council Reg. (1844) 254 In the Gallowgett of the said burght..forgains the gray freiris place. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. H vj, Foregainst y⊇ quhilk is placed y⊇ golden nombre of yat ȝere. 1639Rutherford Lett. cclxxxix. (1836) II. 188 If ye go to weigh Jesus his sweetness..and lay foregainst him your ounces or drachms of suffering for him. 1709Philp Let. 24 Sept. in Dunbar Social Life (1865) 50 Two ships ryding at ankor forgainst this place. 1725Ramsay Gentl. Sheph. iii. ii, On Skelfs foregainst the Door. |