Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FORRA, int., n.
I. int. In rowing a fishing-boat, a command to go forward (Abd. 1929).Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 53:
When the lines are being hauled, two men ply the oars. When one man happens to be slack in rowing, the man who is hauling the lines, calls out forra.
Hence comb. forragate, n., the rowing forward of the boat while the lines are being hauled. Sometimes used ironically.Ib.:
Ye ga' me fine forragate the day.
II. n. See quot.Ib.:
In casting nets or lines when two or more boats lie in the same stretch east and west, they are said to be in the same forra.
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