fore part

• “I remained on this flank until the fore part of October, and my regiments picketed at Springfield on the line of the railroad, alternating with those of Ewell's brigade at Langster's cross-roads.”

  Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A. : autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States,

• “The fore part of the belly shell towards its extremity, is formed somewhat like a spade, extends forward near three inches, and is about an inch and an half in breadth; its extremity is a little bifid, the posterior division of the belly shell, is likewise protended backwards considerably, and is deeply bifurcated.”

  Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

• “In a few minutes, every man stationed at the first six guns in the fore part of the VANGUARD's deck was killed or wounded.”

  The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson

• “The fire raging in the fore part of his ship forced the British captain to steer Carmania before the wind so that the flames would be blown out over her bow rather than down his decks.”

  Castles of Steel

• “A Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer was walking back from the fore part of the Sick Bay with bottles of morphine sulphate solution when the shell came through and sent splinters flying through the bulkhead.”

  Graf Spee

• “When there is but one child the womb diminishes very much in size soon after the birth of the child, and the bowels which have been kept out of their natural situation, during the latter months of pregnency, immediately get forward to the fore part of the belly, and render it soft and yielding.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “First, you had upon the fore part of your chariot, tempestuous waves and wrecks of ships; on your left hand, forts and great guns, and ships a-fighting; on your right hand was a fair harbour and galleys riding, with their flags and pennants spread, kindly saluting each other, just like P [epys] and H [ewer].”

  Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1668

• “Henry Garnet, alias Walley, alias Darcy, alias Farmer, of a middling stature, full faced, fat of body, of complexion fair, his forehead high on each side, with a little thin hair coming down upon the middest of the fore part of this head; his hair and beard griseled.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “They ran the ship aground: and the fore part stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.”

  The Life of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African

• “Smoke began to stir and eddy in the corners of the control room as the diesel sucked the fumes aft, and more smoke-laden air, a shade lighter in color, began to move in from the wardroom passageway, pulled in by the decreasing pressure in the control room, pushed in by the gradual buildup of fresh air in the fore part of the submarine as compressed air was bled into the living spaces.”

  Ice Station Zebra

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