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Forefoot

noun

(pl. forefeet)

A front foot of a quadruped.

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"Forefoot" Quotes from Famous Books

... let him look on for a while, he might figure it out that he'd better be good and not get himself hurt," smiled Phil. "He's sure some horse," he added admiringly. Then to his helpers: "I'll take that black with the white forefoot ...

— When A Man's A Man • Harold Bell Wright

... lads, be smart," cried Newton, as he sprang aft to the wheel, and put up the helm; "man the flying jib-halyards (the jib was under the forefoot); let go the maintop bowling; square the main-yard. That will do; she's paying off. Man your guns; half-a-dozen broadsides, and it's ...

— Newton Forster • Frederick Marryat

... down on his head in the broad ditch, on the far side. Old Blossomnose, who was following close behind, not making any allowance for falls, was in the air before I was well down, and his horse came with a forefoot, into my pocket, and tore the lap clean off by the skirt'; his lordship exhibiting the ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... husband joined her and together they watched. They were still looking when Hollister gave his last backward glance, then turned his attention to the reddish-yellow gleam of new-riven timber which marked his own dwelling. Twenty minutes later he slid the gray canoe's forefoot up on a patch of sand before ...

— The Hidden Places • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... brought her into Portsmouth without a rudder or forefoot, lower-masts all sprung, and leaking at the rate of two feet per hour!" ergo, he is the fittest man for ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 1, July 17, 1841 • Various

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