Foreright
adj, adv
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterising a wind blowing on the line of one's travel; favourable. obsolete
"Ther's a foreright winde continuall wafts vs till we come at Virginia."
Adverb
- 1 Directly forwards, straight ahead. obsolete
"[H]alf of them […] look'd upward, and side-ways, or foreright, and backward, which variety I have not found in any other small Fly."
Example
More examples"[H]alf of them […] look'd upward, and side-ways, or foreright, and backward, which variety I have not found in any other small Fly."
Etymology
From fore + right.
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