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Definition of Forrad
1. Adverb. At or to or toward the front. "She practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"
Language type: Accent, Dialect, Idiom
Antonyms: Backward
Definition of Forrad
1. forward [adv FORRADER or FORRARDER]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forrad
Literary usage of Forrad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT= edited by Henry Donald M. Spence- Jones (1881)
"forrad it through his temples, and pinned him to the ground. Without a struggle,
he swooned and died. Instead of and fastened it into the ground, ..."
2. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"An' ther's war things ner a guide stoop. forrad—Fast; in front. A forrad lad er
lass is yan 'at's shot ther horns i' ..."
3. The Master of Hounds by George Frederick Underhill, Thomas Lister Ribblesdale, G. C. Ricardo, Arthur Heinemann, John Scott (1903)
"He tells his whipper-in to get "forrad" quietly, while he casts his hounds "
forrad," letting them hunt every yard of the ground. ..."
4. The Master of Hounds by George Frederick Underhill (1903)
"Let us consider the following case, which is far from being uncommon : Hounds
arc at fault, and the huntsman is convinced that his fox is " forrad. ..."
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