An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

FOR-PLEYNIT, part. pa. Worn out with complaining.
King's Quair.

To FORRAY, v. a. To pillage.
Barbour.

Fr. fourrag-er, to ravage.

Forray, s.
1. The act of foraging.
Barbour.
2. A predatory excursion.
Wallace.
3. The party employed in carrying off the prey.
Wallace.
4. The prey itself.
Wyntown.
3. Advanced guard of an army.
Wyntown.

Forreouris, s. pl. A foraging party.

O. Fr. forrier.

Wallace.

FORRET, s.
1. Forehead.
Douglas.
2. Metaph., the brow of a hill.
Douglas.

FORRET, adv. Forward, S.
Ross.

To FORREW, v. n. To repent exceedingly. Forrwyd, pret.
Wyntown.