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Definition of Forereached
1. forereach [v] - See also: forereach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forereached
Literary usage of Forereached
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805 by Thomas Sturges Jackson (1899)
"... her about 20 minutes she kept edging down ; we edged down also, but forereached
ahead of her—we forereached so much upon her that we could not bring our ..."
2. The Yachting and rowing calendar, ed. by Argonaut edited by Edwin Dampier Brickwood (1866)
"The Egeria forereached the Pantomime very fast as they stood over for Eyde ...
The Egeria, as before, forereached the Pantomime, but the latter laid much ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"... were running at the rate of six or seven miles an hour; but the S tella had
evidently the advantage of sailing, and forereached upon her opponent. ..."
4. The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt (1882)
"... his ship possessed in her superior speed most skilfully, always endeavoring
to run across his adversary's bows and rake him when he had forereached, ..."
5. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1890)
"Seven ships had forereached in rounding to,1 and now formed an irregular group
ahead of the English van, as well as far from it, where they were of little ..."
6. History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque: During Our War by George Coggeshall (1856)
"We luffed to windward, and forereached on her. In this action we had six men
killed and sixteen wounded, and all the halyards of the headsails shot away, ..."
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