FOREIGN REMOVE-TICKET. A document for discharging men from one ship to another on foreign stations: it is drawn up in the same form as the [sick-ticket] (which see).
FOREIGN SERVICE. Vessels or forces stationed in any part of the world out of the United Kingdom. The opposite of home service.
FORELAND. A cape or promontory projecting into the sea: as the North and South Forelands. It is nearly the same with headland, only that forelands usually form the extremes of certain lines of sea-coast. Also, a space left between the base of a canal bank, and an adjacent drainage cut or river, so as to favour the stability of the bank.
FORE-LIGHTROOM. See [Light-room].
FORELOCK. A flat pointing wedge of iron, used to drive through a mortise hole in the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place. The forelock is sometimes twisted round the bolt's point to prevent its drawing. Also, spring-forelock, which expands as it passes through.
FORELOCK-BOLTS. Those with an eye, into which an iron forelock is driven to retain them in place. When secured in this way, the bolt is said to be forelocked.
FORELOCKS. The pins by which the cap-squares of gun-carriages are secured.
FORE-MAGAZINE. See [Magazine].
FORE-MAN AFLOAT. The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock.
FORE-MAST. The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See [Mast].)