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noun

Forefoot n.

One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped; usually written fore foot.

(Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forefoot" Quotes from Famous Books

... treaty, racing B.B. Tarpon (76 winning flags) 120 knt., 60 ft.; Long-Davidson double under-rake rudder, new this season and unstrained. 850 nom. Maginnis motor, Radium relays and Pond generator. Bronze breakwater forward, and treble reinforced forefoot and entry. Talfourd rockered keel: Triple set of Hofman vans, giving maximum lifting surface of 5327 ...

— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling

... alike, and still one will sail rings around the other. And why is it? I've heard a hundred fishermen at different times say that and then ask, Why is it? This one was awfully sharp forward, too sharp some might have said, with little more forefoot than most of the late-built flyers; but she was deep and had a quarter that I knew would stand up under her sail. I liked the after-part of her. Racing machines are all right for a few months or a year or two and in smooth water, but give me a vessel that can stand ...

— The Seiners • James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

... pasturage, recalling former and better days. Next morning, while lying sound asleep wrapped in my blanket, I became painfully conscious of a crushing weight on my foot. Opening my eyes, there stood a horse almost over me, quietly cropping the grass, with one forefoot planted on one of mine. Having no weapon at hand, I motioned and yelled at him most lustily. Being the last foot put down, it was the last taken up, and, turning completely around, he twisted the blanket around the calks of his shoe, stripped it entirely off of me, and dragged it some yards away. ...

— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore

... Heaven's sake!" muttered the Kid, moving nearer the fence, his eyes glued on the black stranger. "Where did you pick up that fellow?... One white forefoot. H-m-m!... Say, you don't mean to tell ...

— Old Man Curry - Race Track Stories • Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

... Densmore cantered away and brought the roan down at speed. To the rider, his mount seemed to make the sudden turn perfectly. But Banneker stepped out and examined the off forefoot with ...

— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams

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