Fording. The act of passing over a ford.
Fore. In advance; at the front; in the part that precedes or goes first.
Fore-arm. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
Fore-fence. Defense in front. The term is now obsolete.
Forefront. The foremost part or place; as, the forefront of the battle.
Foreign. Not of one’s country; not native; alien; from abroad.
Foreign Enlistment Act. 59 Geo. III. c. 69 (1819), forbids British subjects to enter the service of a foreign state, without license from the king or privy council, and also the fitting out or equipping ships for any foreign power to be employed against any power with which the British government is at peace. In 1606 Englishmen were forbidden to enter foreign service without taking an oath not to be reconciled to the pope. The act was suspended in 1835 on behalf of the British Legion.
Foreign Legion. Foreigners have frequently been employed as auxiliaries in the pay of the British government. An act (18 & 19 Vict. c. 2) for the formation of a Foreign Legion as a contingent in the Russian war (1855) was passed December 23, 1854. On the peace, in 1856, many of the Foreign Legion were sent to the Cape of Good Hope.
Foreign Service. In a general sense, means every service but home. In a more confined and native acceptation of the term, it signifies any service done out of the United States or the depending territories.
Foreland. In fortification, a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.