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Forelie

Fore-lie′

,
Verb.
I.
To lie in front of.
[Obs.]
Which
forelay

Athwart her snowy breast.
Spenser.

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forelie

forelie

English

Verb

forelie (third-person singular simple present forelies, present participle forelying, simple past forelay, past participle forelain)

  1. (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 [...].