Foreway
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A highroad. Northern-England, dialectal
- 2 An advantage; foredeal. UK, dialectal
"I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom."
- 3 The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.
Example
More examples"I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom."
Etymology
From fore- + way.
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