Definition of "fore" []

• Located at or toward the front; forward. (adjective)
• Earlier in order of occurrence; former. (adjective)
• Something that is located at or toward the front. (noun)
• The front part. (noun)
• At, toward, or near the front; forward. (adverb)

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• "Then my eye lit on th 'fore quarters o' th 'doe,' n 'I guess I throwed more twists laughin' than Erne did -- _for that there doe was shy a leg_, hadn't but three legs; nigh fore leg gone midway 'tween knee and dewclaw, shot off 'n' healed up Godo'mi'ty knows when."
• ""Young feller," Salters began, standing up in the fore-rigging, "let me tell yeou 'fore we go any further that I've --""
• "She was a pretty vessel: schooner-rigged, very low in the water, and -- as we found out when we took her -- of very deep draught; broad in the beam, and ` flush-decked 'fore and aft, with no raised fore or after castles."