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Definition of Forray
1. v. t. To foray; to ravage; to pillage.
2. n. The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.
Definition of Forray
1. Noun. (obsolete form of foray) (predatory excursion) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forray
1. to foray [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: foray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forray
Literary usage of Forray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Buik of the Most Noble and Vailzeand Conquerour Alexander the Great by John Barbour, David Laing, Jacques de Longuyon, Alexandre de Bernay (1831)
"If THE forray He bad him ... ta And with yame in to forray ga Richt to the vale of
... The laif he let to forray ga. Thay bufkit as thay bidding haid, ..."
2. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1825)
"The reader who would estimate the nature of a Border forray, will not easily gain
a clearer notion of one than from the following Letter: For here be some ..."
3. French Security And Defence Policy: Current Developments And Future Prospects by Fredrik Wetterqvist (1990)
"In 1988, Chief of Staff of the Army General forray speculated on the future French
defence: confrontation will be greater than before in the air-ground ..."
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