Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1715, 1768, 1893
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FORESTA, v. Also for(e)sta(w). Sc. forms of Eng. forestall.
1. As in Eng., to anticipate, ‡to corner the market, to buy up goods in order to get a monopoly. Hence for(e)stawer, for(e)staer, one who does this (Sc. 1887 Jam.).Peb. 1715 A. Pennecuik Descr. of Twd. 101:
And some Forstawers in effect, Carry'd me North to make their Blocks.Fif. 1893 G. Setoun Barncraig vii.:
An' now when he's foresta'd, he persuades himsel' that he's been trifled wi'.
¶2. Appar. = to anticipate (wrongly), to mistake one's meaning.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 159:
A cripple I'm not, ye forsta' me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be.
