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Definition of Foresides
1. foreside [n] - See also: foreside
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foresides
Literary usage of Foresides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"... which are purely triangular, and are suspended on the ropes which stay the
maste upon the foresides—from the jib-boom," bowsprit, and deck in the case ..."
2. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs (1909)
"He lived at Fal- mouth foresides on Casco bay, the site of his house is perpetuated
by York ledge and York landing. The Indian war soon followed, ..."
3. The Bi-centennial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston by Conn Preston, Richard H. Gidman (1900)
"Augt 7, Hannah, the wife of Charles foresides. 1793- June 9, Temperance, the wife
of Nathan Fobes. Sept. 29, Azuba, the wife of Edward Tracy. ..."
4. The Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide by Frederick James Britten (1896)
"The advantage of making the backs of the escape wheel teeth radial and the
foresides curved, as shown in Fig. i, is that if the pendulum gets excessive ..."
5. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1919)
"... Hugh Laughlin and Mary Evans 1749, November 30, William Glinn and Mary Tool
1749, December 26, Thomas Corcoran and Prudence foresides 1750, January 1, ..."
6. An Old Frontier of France: The Niagara Region and Adjacent Lakes Under by Frank Hayward Severance (1917)
"... for it is pricked on the foresides of both thighs, immediately above the
garter, in form something like a diadem; the operation was performed with some ..."
7. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society, Albert Bigelow, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) (1917)
"The ceremony of the instalation he has not declared, but the badge of this order
he can never go without, for it is pricked on the foresides of both thighs, ..."
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