Defn: A little fort. [R.] Bailey.
FORTNIGHT Fort"night` (; in U.S. often ; 277), n. Etym: [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]
Defn: The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
FORTNIGHTLY
Fort"night`ly, a.
Defn: Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication. — adv.
Defn: Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.
FORTREAD
For*tread", v. t.
Defn: To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.]
In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.
FORTRESS
For"tress, n.; pl. Fortresses. Etym: [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce,
fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, and cf.
Fortalice.]
Defn: A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.