The captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Young feller," Salters began, standing up in the fore-rigging, "let me tell yeou 'fore we go any further that I've --". From Wordnik.com. [Captains Courageous] Reference
Comp'ny drinks, and I git drunk 'f-- fore I know 'fore you -- pshaw! deal yerself' f you want t 'play. ". From Wordnik.com. [Duffels] Reference
This will be a great exercise in fore thought & planning for me. From Wordnik.com. [» The Next 10 Years Strocel.com] Reference
Thought I should ha 'caved in 'fore they got through with the weddin'. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
The word fore means prior and the word prior means priority in this sense. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Financial News] Reference
What we call fore-ordination is verily the present which we have made out of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
The word fore is Scottish in origin, and is a shortened version of the word before or afore. From Wordnik.com. [Getting a Handle on Golf] Reference
Lets face it the only time it really comes to the fore is when we have a Government that is sinking with all hands. From Wordnik.com. [How Boring Am I ?] Reference
Have you got Sall's shoe? 'and they passed the word fore and aft the whole evening, till they went to their hammocks. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
One though that comes to the fore is Bernard White, who plays Muqtada, Craig's roommate so life terrified that he doesn't get out of bed. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ross: HuffPo Movie Review: It's Kind of a Funny Story (Really Is)] Reference
This is referred to as fore-foot or mid-foot strike. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
To the fore was the third man whose name he had not learnt. From Wordnik.com. [The Turtles of Tasman] Reference
To the fore was the third man, whose name he had not learned. From Wordnik.com. [Morganson's Finish] Reference
The first is called the fore-reaper, the last the tail-bearer. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference
For their feet are all placed at what may be called the fore end. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Dennis Franz is more and more to the fore, which is no bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellany at Large « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
Chad Love, sounds like a name fore some guy at a bar in San Fran if you ask me. From Wordnik.com. [Why The British Shoot Shoes] Reference
A side of beef is first divided into two parts called the fore and hind quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Parloa's New Cook Book] Reference
What are called fore and aft sails were not generally used till comparatively modern times. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
However, another hidden theme that might at some point come to the fore is the strains in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
She was just conscious when I called fore this morning to inquire, and they 'ad' opes that she'd rally. ". From Wordnik.com. [Kitty Trenire] Reference
Nature generally denies him beard, so he shaves what a sailor would term the fore and after part of his head. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
What brought the recent incidents to the fore are the scale of loss and the serial nature of the occurrences. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
The andirons were then put in their places and a much smaller log placed on them; this was called the fore-stick. From Wordnik.com. [John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania] Reference
In the fore was a giant of a man in his late middle years, and at his side a cold-visaged duplicate of him, obviously. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
Pitts had arranged the lunch in a very tasty manner on the tables in what the boys had called the fore and after cabins. From Wordnik.com. [Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics] Reference
"What it brought to the fore was the deep polarisation of our society and the ... increasing militancy of the rightwing.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Having a poor credit history such as CCJs, IVA, arrears, defaults etc does not mean that you are not entitled fore the loans. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
A new phenomenon that has come to the fore is the growth of 'value added' call centres which offer specific solutions to customers. From Wordnik.com. [The Financial Express] Reference
Each top has its proper crew, who are known as fore-top men, main-top men, and mizzen-top men, whose duty is to tend the sails above them. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Whaler] Reference
Q Is he taking anyone else along to yell "fore" for him?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
And according to their website, they even know what "fore" means. From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
The state court of appeals ruled this week that failure to yell "fore" isn't "reckless conduct.". From Wordnik.com. [A Lawyer's Paradise] Reference
A name fore-written to calamity!. From Wordnik.com. [Hippolytus/The Bacchae] Reference
Friends who will keep his name fore'er. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon] Reference
Not as prayers can save what's lost for all eternity 'fore 'tis born into time. From Wordnik.com. [Lying Prophets] Reference
"Ten to one on old Blowpipes, bar he don't roll over hisself 'fore 'e gets there!". From Wordnik.com. [Three Men on the Bummel] Reference
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