adv. Sc. [repr. FORWARD, or a coalescence of this with FORERIGHT.] Forward.

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1786.  Burns, Pastoral Poetry, vi.

        Yes! there is ane; a Scottish callan—
There’s ane; come forrit, honest Allan!
Thou need na jouk behint the hallan.

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1816.  Scott, Old Mort., xxxviii. ‘What for are ye no getting forrit wi’ the sowens!’

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1826.  J. Wilson, Noct. Ambr., Wks. 1855, I. 144. Things wunna retire and come forrit as I wush—and the back-grun’ will be the fore-grun’ whether I will or no.

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  Hence Forritsome a., forward, ‘pushing.’

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1894.  Crockett, Raiders, xxii. 167. ‘I’m not a bright man nor a forritsome man, but I’m no exactly a fool.’

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