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▪ I. † forloin, n. Obs. Hunting.
[f. next vb.]
1. The action of forloining.
14..Le Venery de Twety in Rel. Ant. I. 152 Why blowe ye so? For cause that the hert is seen, an ye wot nevere whedir that myn hundys be become fro myn meyne. And what maner of chase clepe ye that? We clepe it the chace of the forloyne [orig. la chace de Forloyng]. 1486Bk. St. Albans Fj, What is a forloyng, for that is goode to here.
2. A note of recall.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 386 Therwith the hunte wonder faste Blew a forloyn at the laste. 1735in Bailey, Forloyn, a Retreat when the Dogs are called off from a wrong Scent. O[ld Word].
▪ II. † forˈloin, v. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 forloyne, 6–7 foreloin, -loyne, 6– forloin.
[ad. OF. for-, forsloignier, f. fors (see for- prefix3) + loin:—L. longē far.]
1. trans. To leave behind at a distance, forsake.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 368 Þaȝ I forloyne my dere endorde. Ibid. B. 1165 Þay forloyne her fayth & folȝed oþer goddes.
b. intr. To stray, err.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 282 He knew och freke forloyned fro þe ryȝt wayez. Ibid. B. 750 Ȝif I for-loyne as a fol.
2. Hunting. trans. To leave (the pack) far behind. Said of the stag, or of individual hounds. Also absol.
1486Bk. St. Albans F j, When..the beest is stoll away owt of the fryth Or the houndes that thow hast meten therwith And any other houndes before than may with hem mete Thees oder houndes arn then forloyned..For the beste and the houndes arn so fer before And the houndes behynde be weere and soore So that they may not at the best cum at ther will The houndes before forloyne hem. 1576Turberv. Venerie 118 A harte doth foreloyne and breake out before the houndes for divers reasons. 1686R. Blome Gentl. Recreat. ii. 79 When a Hound meeteth a Chase, and goeth away with it far before the rest, then say, he Foreloyneth. |