Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
forslow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See
forslow , v. t. - intransitive verb obsolete To loiter. Same as
forslow .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, intransitive To be
slow ortardy ; to slow down. - verb obsolete, transitive To slow,
hinder , delay,impede .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Would Heaven, my son, Death mote his doom foreslow!
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I cried the while his case took speech and said: -- * Would Heaven, my son, Death mote his doom foreslow!
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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When the couple recovered, the Princess fell to kissing his hands and feet and wiping with her kerchief the sweat from his brow and saying to him, "O my lord, and the light of mine eyes, may none thy hand ever foreslow nor exult over thee any foe," till he had recovered his right senses and had regained his strength.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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I watch the flowery stars which frighten me; * While cark and care mine every night foreslow.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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"O thou wine-comrade languor cease to show; * Hand me the morning draught and ne'er foreslow;
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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