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† forˈfret, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + fret v.]
trans. To devour, gnaw; to eat up or into, corrode.
a1225Ancr. R. 138 Also wiðuten wisdom, fleshs, ase wurm, uoruret hire, & wasteð hire suluen. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 186 Þe gret evel..þat vorfreteþ menne limes. c1350Will. Palerne 2376 Þe werwolf..ran forþ..as he wold þat barn bliue haue for-frete. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 29 Coueityse..forfret neigh þe frute þorw many faire siȝtes.
Hence † forˈfretten ppl. a.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 331 The long endurid, old, forfreton vine Is not to helpe. |