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Definition of Forrays
1. forray [v] - See also: forray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forrays
Literary usage of Forrays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Southern Planter (1852)
"... and commence their forrays on the neighboring fields. I have believed that
some protection might be had, to select a suitable time in the spring, ..."
2. The Monastic Annals of Teviotdale, Or, The History and Antiquities of the by James Morton (1832)
"... they did cast off two other forrays about xij of the cloke of the day light.
And the oone forray did run down the water of ..."
3. The monastic annals of Teviotdale: or, The history and antiquities of the by James Morton (1832)
"... they did cast off two other forrays about xij of the cloke of the day light.
... with the said forrays, and pursuing them unto ..."
4. Works by William Robertson (1825)
"The account it gives of the different inroads, or ' forrays,' as they are called,
is very minute ; and, in conclusion, the sum total of mischief they did is ..."
5. The Works of Wm. Robertson, D.D. in Eight Volumes by William Robertson (1825)
"The account it gives of the different inroads, or ' forrays," as they are called,
is very minute ; and, in conclusion, the sum total of mischief they did is ..."
6. The History of Scotland, and an Historical Disquisition Concerning Ancient India by William Robertson (1828)
"... we may conclude that the damage which they did in England vvas not inconsiderable;
and that their 'raids' were no leu wasteful than the 'forrays' ol the ..."
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