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Forelie
Fore-lie′
,Verb.
I.
To lie in front of.
[Obs.]
Which
Athwart her snowy breast.
forelay
Athwart her snowy breast.
Spenser.
Definition 2024
forelie
forelie
English
Verb
forelie (third-person singular simple present forelies, present participle forelying, simple past forelay, past participle forelain)
- (obsolete) To lie in front.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay / Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide / Her daintie paps [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii: