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Definition of Forehands
1. forehand [n] - See also: forehand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forehands
Literary usage of Forehands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthropoid Apes by Robert Hartmann (1885)
"At this moment he suffers terribly from the so-called dissous or sand-fly; both
his forehands are full of blisters, which contain the eggs of this annoying ..."
2. The Sportsman's Repository: Comprising a Series of Highly Finished by John Scott, John Lawrence (1845)
"... are more frequently bred to the height of seventeen hands than sixteen, and
they are generally seen with lofty forehands, many of them with the deep and ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... Jan wuz voar-an-z wai un,] he thought to have had that lot, but our John was
forehands with him—;'. e. forestalled ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Other forehands, heads, »ni fragments of lions were found on the site of the
Mausoleum. From the evidence of these fragments, it is clear that they stood on ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1864)
"... they are finely-headed almost as the Barbaries ; they have most excellent
forehands, both for length, depth, and proportion; their limbs are straight, ..."
6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"He made use of his forehands in handling objects, though he had no distinct thumb
and did not claw them with his nails. He never walked upright, ..."
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