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1870 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 201 Each [icicle] like a forepitch of the shape of the piece of potsherd it grew on, like a tooth to its root for instance.

1871 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 204 Possibly each tuft [of cloud] in forepitch or in origin is quained and a crystal.

1881 G. M. Hopkins Serm. (1959) ii. viii. 196 There is..in the works of creation..the order of intention,..not only intention in understanding and intention in will but also intention or forepitch of execution, of power or activity.