"Fo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... deck, just forward of the main hatch, was a deckhouse, comprising cook's galley, steward's pantry and two laboratories. Still farther forward was a small lamp-room for the storage of kerosene, lamps and other necessaries. A lofty fo'c'sle-head gave much accommodation for carpenters', shipwrights' and other stores. Below it, a capacious fo'c'sle served as quarters for ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson
... n' tole nobody else," he said, in answer to my question, "but you tole a lie fo' me oncet, an' saved me ...
— A Soldier of Virginia • Burton Egbert Stevenson
... to holler. An' the b'ys let me drink all the cold water I could hold—aye, an' never once did they wake me up when I was sleepin' quiet, not even to give the quinine to me. An' they stowed me in blankets an' made me sweat, though the fo'castle was hotter nor the hatches o' hell. An' when I wouldn't stick out me tongue for the powder then they'd melt it in whiskey an' pour it down ...
— The Harbor Master • Theodore Goodridge Roberts
... gash an' bauld In the uncanny days of auld, The task ance fo(u)nd to which th'were called, Stack stenchly to it. His life sic noble lives recalled, Little's ...
— New Poems • Robert Louis Stevenson
... -age, -ate; fo'lio (ablative case of fo'lium, a leaf), a book made of sheets folded once; exfo'liate, to come off in scales; foil, a thin leaf of metal; tre'foil, a plant with three (tres) ...
— New Word-Analysis - Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words • William Swinton
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