Definition of Forebodies

1. Noun. (plural of forebody) ¹

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Definition of Forebodies

1. forebody [n] - See also: forebody

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forebodies

forebearer
forebearers
forebears
forebeat
forebelief
forebemoaned
forebitt
forebitts
forebode
foreboded
forebodement
forebodements
foreboder
foreboders
forebodes
forebodies (current term)
foreboding
foreboding(a)
forebodingly
forebodingness
forebodings
forebody
foreboom
forebooms
forebore
forebrace
forebraces
forebrain
forebrain eminence
forebrain prominence

Literary usage of Forebodies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1879)
"... or, in other words, the displacement of their forebodies was disposed longitudinally in the wave form ; but those yachts which had wave lines, ..."

2. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... and send a green waistcoat, the forebodies a strong corded silk — not the cor du soie, but looks something like it — the sleeves and bodies ..."

3. Transactions (1908)
"The curve is a pleasing one, and well adapted for use with such of our types as have deep forebodies. Sections G, H, and M, have the common disadvantage in ..."

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