[f. the sb.: see FORM sb. 21.] intr. Of a hare: To take to her form; to seat.
1575. Turberv., Venerie, 162. To looke about hir, & to choose out a place to forme in.
1612. Drayton, Poly-olb., ij.
| That where the harth was warm’d with Winters feasting fiers, | |
| The melancholie Hare is form’d in brakes and briers. |
1637. B. Jonson, The Sad Shepherd, II. vii.
| Scat. First think which way shee fourmeth, on what wind; | |
| Or North, or South. |
1725. Coats, Dict. Herald., Seateth or Formeth are the Terms that denote where the Hare has its resting Place.
1801. Strutt, Sports & Past., I. i. 17. A hare [was said to be] formed, a rabbit set, &c.
