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ˈforwarding, vbl. n.
[f. forward v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. forward in various senses. Also gerundially, with omission of in.
1635J. Gore Well-doing 17 Like that which Bias calls ἐγκοπὴν προκοπὴν the Backeward forwarding of a cause. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 268 Horse-dung, and Kennel-Water, contribute..to the forwarding of Plants. 1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 28 Sept., The people in general know that a peace is forwarding. 1817Evans' Parl. Debates 1381 Sir J. Newport urged the immediate forwarding of the measure.
2. spec. in Bookbinding. The operation of putting a plain cover on a book previously sewn, and otherwise making it fit for the ‘finisher's’ hands.
1893E. G. Duff Early printed Bks. 193 Even a study of the forwarding of a binding is of great help. 1895J. W. Zaehnsdorf Hist. Book binding 13 His backs were firm, and his forwarding excellent.
3. attrib. as forwarding agency, forwarding department, forwarding establishment, forwarding house, forwarding mechanism, forwarding-room, forwarding yard; forwarding agent, merchant, one whose business is the receiving and shipment or transmission of goods; forwarding-note (see quot.).
1837W. Jenkins Ohio Gaz. 126 It has..ten heavy forwarding houses, connected with lake and canal transportation. 1839Story Bailments Index, Forwarding merchant. 1847H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 43 The harbor of Ashtabula..has several forwarding establishments. Ibid. 331 Toledo..has..9 forwarding and commission houses. 1869Pall Mall G. 10 Aug. 10 The same building also includes..a telegraph office, and a forwarding department, where remittances are sent from friends of emigrants, and all other miscellaneous letters received and forwarded. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 40 The book now passes from the women to the forwarding room, where several processes occur. 1882Cassell, Forwarding note (Comm.), a note in which is entered a description of goods or parcels, with the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, to be sent along with goods, &c., conveyed by a carrier (American). 1892E. Reeves Homewd. Bound 327 He employed a forwarding agent. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 197/2 The tourist should look after his own mount..and he should not send it by an independent forwarding agency. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 The receiving yards [for sheep] usually communicate with the forwarding yards or pens. 1968Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 34 Forwarding mechanism, a device on a machine or feeder by which the top sheet is advanced in its normal direction of travel. |