Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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FORE-FANCY, v. To imagine, picture to oneself. Nonce.Sc. 1924 J. Innes Till a' the Seas xviii.:
It does folk good to turn aside a whiley on Sabbath and think to what end all our strifes and fierce contendings will come; to fore-fancy The White Throne and the rebuking Silence of Eternity.
