单词 | foreside |
释义 | foresiden. 1. The fore part; the front; also, the upper side (of anything). Now rare exc. technical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > front surface foresidec1400 frontc1540 confrontment1604 face1611 frontside1697 obverse1833 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 161 Þese .vij. ribbis..in þe for~side of a man..have no fastnynge to no boon. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxvii. 82 Sharp yrons were dressed to the foresyde of the same engyn. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vii. f. 85v The tables..letted hir to..cast hir self down prostrate on the foresyde, at the fete of Jesus. 1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 311 On lytlye pattlett sett wth pearll on the forsyd. 1643 Particular Relation Action before Cyrencester 8 The Colonell perceiving the garden wall..too high to be entred on the foreside. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 168 The picture..turnes vpon a frame, and shews you both the fore-side of those combatans, and their backsides two. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations I. iv. 470 They have another Skin..which covers their Back, and a square one to cover their Foreside. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxix. 105 Overturning it upside-down, and fore-side back. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 102 Making the backs of the escape wheel teeth radial and the foresides curved. 2. The front side or edge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > front edge foreside1679 leading edge1877 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 171 Raiser, is a Board set on edge under the Foreside of a step. 3. attributive. ΚΠ a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant v. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. e4v This foreside blow Cuts off thrice three, this back-blow thrice three more. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400 |
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