Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Forest (v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.
(2) - Forest (a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
(3) - Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
(4) - Forest (n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

(1) - Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
(2) - Forestall (v. t.) To deprive; -- with of.
(3) - Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
(4) - Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

(1) - Forestaller (n.) One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.

(1) - Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

(1) - Forester (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
(2) - Forester (n.) A forest tree.
(3) - Forester (n.) An inhabitant of a forest.
(4) - Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.