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▪ I. fort, n.1|fɔət|
Also 6 forthe.
[a. F. fort, absol. use of fort adj.: see next.]
1. Mil. A fortified place; a position fortified for defensive or protective purposes, usually surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, and garrisoned with troops; a fortress.
1557–75Diurn. Occurr. (1833) 52 The forthe of Aymouth [was] decernit to be cassin down. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 15 He..builded a forte, where as at thys day standeth newe Castell upon Tyne. 1592Babington Comf. Notes Gen. vii. §12 When..forts, trees, nor any tall towers can saue a man. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 280 Strong forts erected..and strong garrisons maintained in them. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 178 A detachment from the British force..drove the insurgents out of the fort. 1873M. E. Braddon L. Davoren Prol. i, To make his way back to a far distant fort in quest of provisions.
b. fig. A strong position, stronghold. Phr. to hold the fort: to act as a temporary substitute; also, to remain at one's post, to maintain one's position, to ‘cope’.
1568U. Fulwell Like Will to Like (1587) D iv, The forte of Vertue, oh man assaile. 1592Daniel Compl. Rosamond Wks. (1717) 40 Having but..weak feeble Hands To hold their Honours Fort unvanquished. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. v. §11 If there were sought in knowledge..a fort or commanding ground for strife. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. 29/2 Such [parts of the body] as wherein the main fort of life doth not consist. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 39. 1/2 They look upon this Passage in the Revelations as their strongest Fort. c1870P. P. Bliss Sacred Songs & Solos sung by Ira D. Sankey (1874) 3 ‘Hold the fort, for I am coming,’ Jesus signals still; Wave the answer back to heaven, ‘By Thy grace we will.’ 1928D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 601 Thirty-six years ago men.. still believed in the fight for life and the fun of it. ‘Hold the fort, for I am coming.’ 1936E. S. Gardner Case Sleepwalker's Niece x. 73 In the meantime I want to put in a telephone call. You hold the fort. 1941A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall 341 Elizabeth and her archbishops..had held the fort until their church had come..to have an ethos of its own. 1960J. Stroud Shorn Lamb viii. 107 I'm going out for an hour or so, can you hold the fort? 1962J. Wain Strike Father Dead v. 243, I shan't need more than ten minutes, if you can hold the fort that long. 1966Times 22 Sept. 11/5 Mr. George Brown's determination to hold the Foreign Office fort and to sally forth as little as possible.
c. In British North America and parts of the U.S.: A trading station (originally fortified).
1776Adam Smith W.N. v. i. (1869) II. 328 Their..settlements and habitations, which they [the Hudson's Bay Company] have honoured with the name of forts.
2. The place of security (of a wild animal).
1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxvi, A..roe-buck which was come out of his Fort. 1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. i. (1677) 130 If a Boar intends to abide in his Den, Couch, or Fort.
†3. Astrol. Obs.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xii. 48 Unless the Semisextile on each side..be reduced to the ☌, and the Quincunx likewise to the Opposition, as their Matrices, their Forts and Principals; the Conjunction..will be found the most insignificant Aspect in the pack.
4. Strong part or point. Now written forte, q.v.
5. attrib. and Comb., as fort-breach; fort-crowned adj.; fort-adjutant, ‘an officer in a garrison who is responsible for its internal discipline, and the appropriation of the men to the several corps’; fort-major, in a fort or fortress, the officer next to the governor or commandant. Also fort-royal.
1876Voyle Milit. Dict., *Fort-adjutant.
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, cxciii, As they..had found Some *fort⁓breach.
1894Daily News 26 Nov. 4/6 The *fort-crowned heights.
1715Lond. Gaz. No. 5300/5 *Fort-Major of the said Town. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 3 Officers employed as Town or Fort Majors.
▪ II. fort, n.2
(See quot.)
1867Fry Playing-Card Terms in Philol. Soc. Trans. 56 Fort, an oiled sheet, (usually large enough for twenty cards) formerly used in making the stencilling-plate for stencilling the colors of the court-cards or the pips of the other cards.
▪ III. † fort, a. Obs.
Also 5 forte.
[a. F. fort:—L. fort-em strong.]
Strong, powerful.
13..K. Alis. 7710 Sampson theo fort, also, Daliada dude him wrong and wo. 14..Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 238 Þou most fort wit wele or wo. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 92 Dalide, that was wiff to Sampson forte. c1450Lonelich Grail xlii. 471 Which dwk was bothe Riche & fort. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 371 John..after many fort assautes wanne the sayd castell. c1611Chapman Iliad xvii. 112 Why should Fame make thee fort 'gainst our harmes.
▪ IV. fort, v. ? Obs.|fɔət|
Also 6 forte.
[f. fort n.1]
trans. To defend or protect with a fortification; to fortify; to enclose in a fort; also with in.
1559in Sir R. Sadler's Papers (1809) II. 185 The Frenches are to take summe other part of the countrey, and forte it. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 406 To forte our tounis..and to lay sa strang garnisouns of straingearis thairin. 1747in Westfield (Mass.) Jubilee (1870) 132 To Consider what measures to take about forting the Town. 1756G. Washington Lett. Writ. 1889 I. 360 While you remain..forted in, as if to defend yourselves were the sole end of your coming. 1757Ibid. 508 The few families that are forted on the Branch. 1834D. Crockett Narr. Life vii. 52 The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all. 1838Southern Lit. Messenger IV. 295 The settlers were sometimes forted. 1851W. De Hass Hist. W. Virginia 315 Of those forted at Grave creek, was a William McIntosh, wife and child. 1853B. Young in Jrnl. Discourses I. 165 Suppose we should say to all the wards in this city, the time has come to fort up. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xii. 186 They lit on the Yorker and his friends and druv 'em back into Miller's Store, when they forted and held their own. 1905G. E. Cole Early Oregon iv. 53 We started on and arriving at Grave creek, found the people ‘forted up’. 1948E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 267 Castleman warned the pioneers to ‘fort’.
absol.1723in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. 396 These towns can't stand the strain upon them to watch and ward, scout and fort without pay.
Hence ˈforted ppl. a. ˈforting vbl. n.
1566T. Nuce Seneca's Octavia i. iv, sig. C ij, Through top of fortred [? read forted] towre. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 12 It deserues..A forted residence, 'gainst the tooth of time. 1808J. Barlow Columb. v. 760 They dare oppose Their fielded cohorts to the forted foes. 1756in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. 647 Voted..to Consider..in what..manner to carry on ye forting. |