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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Foret, Forret, n. Also: for(r)ett, forred. [Var. of Fore-hede n.] The forehead.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxx. 64.
Thane wald scho … Bath brest & foret croice c1420 Wynt. i. 799.
The monoceros … Wyth a horne, and that is set Ewyne in the myddys of his foret 1533 Boece iv. xvi. 153.
It was alsua richt perrellus to sett ȝoure forett sa stoutlie to bargane 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 283.
Thay vsit na schevin of haidis, nor papers of infamie vpon thair forets(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv. 20.
Hare schenand as gold scho hade, With teyndir fassone & forred brade 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 240.
This haly sacrament of confirmacioun is maid in the face and forret of the persoune 1513 Doug. xiii. iii. 128.
Of thy fair vissage quhidder ar gone … Thy plesand forret schaply and eyn cleir? 1554 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 282.
Ane hors. blak-broune mowitt, with ane bell in the forrett 1562-3 Winȝet II. 54/30.
Ar thair ony found … of sa schameles a forret 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 254.
The externel marking be the signe of the croce vpone the forrettransf. 1513 Doug. i. iv. 19.
Forgane the forret of a bra