† forsaryn.
Obsolete.
A galley slave.
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forsary1546
galley slave1567
row-slave1578
'sforzato1607
mesonaut1623
forsado1625
galleriana1640
galley-bird1655
1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 284 As toching the forsares, He could not of his honour rendre them, having before gyven them libertye.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1587) 182 The Masse was said in the Gallies..in Presence of the Forsaris.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. xviii. 149 A proclamation..that..every such author..be committed into the galleys, there to row in chains, as a slave or forsary.
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