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Webster 1913 Edition
Forage
For′age
(?; 48)
, Noun.
1.
The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from
forage
will incline to play. Shakespeare
One way a band select from
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.
forage
drivesA herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.
Milton.
Mawhood completed his
forage
unmolested. Marshall.
2.
Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
Dryden.
Forage cap
. See under
– Cap
. Forage master
(Mil.)
, a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it.
Farrow.
For′age
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foraged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging
.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion’s whelp
Stood smiling to behold his lion’s whelp
Forage
in blood of French nobility. Shakespeare
Foraging ant
(Zool.)
, one of several species of ants of the genus
– Eciton
, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. Foraging cap
, a forage cap.
– Foraging party
, a party sent out after forage.
For′age
,Verb.
T.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage;
as, to
. forage
steedsPope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forage
FOR'AGE
,Noun.
1.
Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats.2.
The act of providing forage.Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.
If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp -
3.
Search for provisions; the act of feeding abroad.FOR'AGE
, v.i.1.
To collect food for horses and cattle, by wandering about and feeding or stripping the country.2.
To wander far; to rove. Obs.3.
To ravage; to feed on spoil.FOR'AGE
,Verb.
T.