U.S. [f. FORE- pref.] The front stick lying on the andirons in a wood fire.
1801. Spirit of the Farmers Museum, 171.
I, snugly wrapt in flannel thick, | |
Tobacco puff oer my forestick. |
1866. Whittier, Snow-Bound, 123.
The oaken log, green, huge, and thick, | |
And on its top the stout back-stick; | |
The knotty forestick laid apart, | |
And filled between with curious art | |
The ragged brush. |
1872. O. W. Holmes, Poet Breakf.-t., i. (1885), 26. They shall have their own again, and bring with them the fore-stick and back-log of ancient days.
1878. Mrs. Stowe, Poganuc P., ix. 71. Backlog and forestick were soon piled and kindlings laid, and the fire roared and snapped and crackled up the ample chimney.