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† ˈforestam Obs.
Also 4 forestayne, 5 forstanyg (? read forstavyng), 5 forestaven.
[f. fore- prefix + ME. stam, staven, OE. stæfn prow (see stem).]
1. The prow of a ship.
a1400Morte Arth. 742 Frekes one þe forestayne, fakene þeire coblez. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 55 Frekis in forstame [v.r. foirstam, forstarne] rewllit weill thar ger. c1475Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 804 Hec prora, a forstanyg. c1475Sqr. lowe Degre 822 in Ritson Met. Rom. III. 179 With eighty ores at the fore staven. 1513Douglas æneis v. iii. 78 Fra thair foirstammys the buller brayis and raris.
2. Sc. The front, forehead.
1790Shirrefs Poems Gloss. 15 Forestum [sic], the fore⁓head. a1809in Skinner's Misc. Poet. 132 His enemy..Raught him a rap on the forestam. |