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▪ I. forwarder, n.|ˈfɔːwədə(r)|
[f. forward v. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which forwards.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. Prol., A fyne forewarder of the ghospels lybertie. 1611Cotgr., Poulseavant..an overseer, and forwarder of a worke that requires hast. 1611L. Barrey Ram Alley v. i, Nor am I..seconder, perswader, forwarder, Principall, or maintainer of this late theft. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xli. §2 (1689) 308 Fresh Water being a great Forwarder of Fishes feeding. 1797Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. 1808 VIII. 274 Contempt of the suppliant is not the best forwarder of a suit. 1840Carlyle Heroes ii. (1858) 222 Mecca..had at one time a population of 100,000; buyers, forwarders of those Eastern and Western products.
2. Bookbinding. (See quot. 1890.)
1870Echo 20 Dec., The men..are divided into two classes, forwarders and finishers. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts I. 424 The ends of the cords are then drawn by the ‘forwarder’ through holes pierced in the boards. 1890J. W. Zaehnsdorf Binding Bk. 18 Forwarder, the workman who takes the books after they are sewn, and advances them to the covering department.
▪ II. forwarder, a. and adv.|ˈfɔːwədə(r)|
[compar. of forward a. and adv.]
Further forward. Often in jocular colloq. use in the (orig. dial. or vulgar) form forra(r)der |ˈfɒrədə(r)|, in the phr. (to get) no or any forra(r)der.
1796F. Burney Camilla x. vii, She ventured to bend forwarder, to take a view of the side wings. 1813Jane Austen Pride & Prej. III. xiii, Kitty is forwarder than either of us. 1814― Mansf. Park I. xviii, Without his being much the forwarder. 1860H. Spencer First Princ. (1863) ii. 33 And so on in an infinite series, leaving us at last no forwarder than at first. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. vii. 143 Every week..we found ourselves a lot forrader. 1898Daily Tel. 15 Dec. (Ware), Whether the Liberal Forwards will get any ‘forrader’ over the light claret [etc.]. 1918W. Owen Let. 6 Mar. (1967) 537 Am no forrader with my Chest of Drawers. The man won't sell as it is, & says he has no time yet to work on it. 1966Times 10 Oct. 1/2 The case of Gerald Brooke, the British lecturer sentenced in Russia, was discussed but, in the words of a British source, ‘We got no forrarder.’ |