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Forehand   Listen
noun
Forehand  n.  
1.
All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
2.
The chief or most important part.
3.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. "And, but for ceremony, such a wretch... Had the forehand and vantage of a king."





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"Forehand" Quotes from Famous Books



... like a fairy dream. The place was crowded to the full; Maister Glen and me having nearly got our ribs dung in before we found a seat, the folks behind being obliged to mount the back benches to get a sight. Right to the forehand of us was a large green curtain, some five or six ells wide, a good deal the worse of the wear, having seen service through two-three summers; and, just in the front of it, were eight or ten penny candles stuck in a board fastened to the ground, to let us ...
— The Life of Mansie Wauch - tailor in Dalkeith • D. M. Moir


Words linked to "Forehand" :   forehand drive, lawn tennis, badminton, forehand stroke, backhand, tennis, squash racquets, forehanded, squash rackets, forehand shot, return


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