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forehold
UK /ˈfɔːhəʊld/ US /ˈfɔɹˌhoʊld/
noun 1verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
little
VERB + FOREHOLD
flower
PREP.
in
ADV.
accordingly
Definitions
noun
1
The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.
It freezes very hard, and we find it extreamly cold. The next Day, the ſame Weather, we went aboard, and ſcuttled for Flower in the Forehold. The 25th, little Wind at N.E. and froſty Weather, went aboard again, and got out of the Forehold eight Barrels of Flower, one Cask of Peaſe, with ſome Brandy and Wine.
At nine in the evening, the Rippon, which ſtill remained aground, ran her larboard guns over the ſtarboard ſide, ſtarted thirty tun of water in the forehold, to lighten her forward, and employed all her boats in endeavouring to tow off: […]
verb
1
To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.
Instead of that he has encountered nothing but harsh criticism, unkindly dispositions, even on the part of his relatives, and he naturally drifted into places and surroundings where legitimate sympathy was not foreheld.
Or he may call "he who foreholds" the one who wants and receives, rather than the one who confers first: he calls […]
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It freezes very hard, and we find it extreamly cold. The next Day, the ſame Weather, we went aboard, and ſcuttled for Flower in the Forehold. The 25th, little Wind at N.E. and froſty Weather, went abo
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At nine in the evening, the Rippon, which ſtill remained aground, ran her larboard guns over the ſtarboard ſide, ſtarted thirty tun of water in the forehold, to lighten her forward, and employed all h
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Captain [John] Gore therefore ſent the carpenters of the Reſolution to aſſiſt our own in repairing her [the Discovery]; and accordingly, the forehold being cleared, to lighten her forward, they were ſ
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Instead of that he has encountered nothing but harsh criticism, unkindly dispositions, even on the part of his relatives, and he naturally drifted into places and surroundings where legitimate sympath
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Or he may call "he who foreholds" the one who wants and receives, rather than the one who confers first: he calls […]
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In a case regarding hazardous waste disposal, the [European] Commission ordered recovery for that part of the operating aid, which did not concern foreholding a capacity for waste treatment, but rathe
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