Forest
(For"est), v. t. To cover with trees or wood.
Forestaff
(Fore"staff`) n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly
bodies, now superseded by the sextant; — called also cross-staff. Brande & C.
Forestage
(For"est*age) n. [Cf. F. forestage.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A duty or tribute payable to the
king's foresters. (b) A service paid by foresters to the king.
Forestal
(For"est*al) a. Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
Forestall
(Fore*stall") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forestalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling.] [OE. forstallen
to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal
obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See Fore, and Stall.]
1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Milton. 2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of
the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by
measures taken in advance.
An ugly serpent which forestalled their way.
Fairfax.
But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter.
Spenser.
To be forestalled ere we come to fall.
Shak.
Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge.
Rush. 3. To deprive; — with of. [R.]
All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day!
Shak. 4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the
road, as goods on the way to market.
To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the
intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions
there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until
1844. Burrill.
Syn. — To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
Forestaller
(Fore*stall"er) n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.
Forestay
(Fore"stay`) n. (Naut.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit,
to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
Forester
(For"est*er) n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and
preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.
