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Definition of Forrard
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 Forrard
1. Adverb. (dialectal chiefly nautical) forward ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forrard
Literary usage of Forrard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes of Thought by Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883)
"forrard away ! forrard away ! Cheerly, ye beauties, forrard away! They flash like
a gleam o'er the upland brow, They flash like a gleam o'er the russet plow ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"Hark forrard ! hark forrard I hark forrard ! away ! " continued he, ramming the
spurs into ... Hark together ! hark I get forrard,. hounds, get forrard ! ..."
3. A Book of Exmoor by Frederick John Snell (1903)
"forrard ! Away ! !' " Just hear how they chirrup ! The running is hot. ... Away !
Hark together ! Away ! Hark ! forrard together ! Hark ! forrard ! Away ! ..."
4. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Morgan Robertson (1899)
"Pile those bags against the capstan here, and go forrard," ordered the mate, ...
Go forrard," roared the officer, his gray eyes sparkling ; " forrard, ..."
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