Obs. Hunting. [f. next vb.]
1. The action of forloining.
14[?]. Le Venery de Twety, in Rel. Ant., I. 152. Syr huntere, why blowe ye so? For cause that the hert is seen, an y wot nevere whedir that myn hundys be become fro myn meyne. And what maner of chase clepe ye that? We clepe it the chace of the forloyne [orig. la chace de Forloyng].
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Fj. What is a forloyng, for that is goode to here.
2. A note of recall.
c. 1369. Chaucer, Dethe Blaunche, 385.
| Therwith the hunte wonder faste | |
| Blew a forloyn at the laste. |
1735. in Bailey, Forloyn, a Retreat when the Dogs are called off from a wrong Scent. O[ld Word].
