foragen.
/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrɪdʒ/, /ˈfɑrɪdʒ/ 1.
a. Food for horses and cattle; fodder, provender; in early use esp. dry winter food, as opposed to grass. Now chiefly provender for horses in an army.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder
fodderOE
foragec1315
provender1340
provend?a1400
foddering1430
feed1594
farrage1609
roughness1813
trough-meat1844
c1315 Shoreham 122 The oxe and asse..Tho that hy seȝen hare creature [= Creator] Lyggynde ine hare forage.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 14 Gras tyme is doon, my fodder is now forage.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 177 No comparisoun twen good greyn and forage.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 8 b/2 They had nother ootes nor forage for them [horses].
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxviii. 56 Spurry is good fourage or fodder for Oxen and kyen.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xciii. 182 Next vnto grasse is forrage, which is onely the blades of greene corne.
1683 London Gaz. No. 1868/3 The Cavalry made hard shift to get Forage, many Horses dying for want thereof.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 112 A Herb like a Broad flat Thistle..supplied them for Drink as well as Forage.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 65 This gentleman..was..contractor for forage.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. viii. 220 Our Inns were now almost quite exhausted of forage in corn or hay.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 129 Some [Bees] o're the Publick Magazines preside, And some are sent new Forrage to provide.
1767 Fawkes Horace's Sat. ii. vi Those Heaps of Forage he [a mouse] had glean'd with Care.
a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 267 The minds of men who acquire no solid learning, and only exist on the daily forage they pick up by running about.
1792 F. Burney Let. 2 Oct. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 229 Sarah..seems perfectly satisfied with foreign forage.
2. † b. transferred. A raging or ravening. Obsolete.
a. The action of foraging or providing forage; hence, a roving search for provisions of any kind; sometimes, a raid for ravaging the ground from which the enemy draws his supplies. †in forage: in search of forage.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > foraging
forage1481
foraging1481
foragement1596
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > going about with intention of
raveninga1398
forage1481
foraging1481
outriding?c1500
marauding1684
maraud1804
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xxxviii. 76 The Captayns..were ordeyned for to lede the peple in fourage.
c1500 Melusine (1895) lix. 351 Sayeng that they were frendes and that they had be all that nyght in fourrage.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. vi. 492 And thence made forrages into the Countrey.
1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal iv I went upon the forage to get something to eat.
1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) i. i. 39 My own brother..headed a detachment for forage.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > instance of
surge1520
forage1598
impetuosity1632
paroxysm1650
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 90 And he [sc. the lion] from forrage will incline to play. View more context for this quotation
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 91 The Inhabitants..fled before the Fire, leaving it to its forradge.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > forage party
forages1523
foraging-party1780
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlix. 70 Their forages rode forthe, but they met nat, bycause the ryuer was euer bytwene them.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 18 Sallying out to haue cut off the forrages of the Christians.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
forage-bag n.
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1812 Niles' Weekly Reg. 2 131/1 The purveyor of public supplies advertises for..3000 forage bags.
forage-crop n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > forage-crop
podder1468
tare1482
farrage1601
corn-fodder1744
forage-crop1875
1875 in Encycl. Brit. I. 370/2 Herbage and forage crops.
forage-hat n. U.S.
ΚΠ
1889 Cent. Mag. Apr. 901/2 Five troopers, sitting loosely in their saddles..forage-hats set well over their eyes [etc.].
forage-plant n.
ΚΠ
1831 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. (ed. 2) Gloss. Index Herbage plants, forage plants, such as clover and other plants cultivated chiefly for the herb.
forage-store n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > forage-store
fodder house1757
forage-store1868
1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋584 Sentries over forage stores.
C2.
forage-boat n. a boat used for conveying forage.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying food or water
water ship1653
paddy boat1698
pippiner1725
ark1809
beef-boat1836
forage-boat1848
fruiter1860
fruit-clipper1864
oranger1880
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 210 By means of the forage-boat.
forage-cap n. (see quot. 1876).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > military
Monmouth cap1577
watering cap1746
muff-cap1809
shako1816
chaco1826
forage-cap1827
foraging-cap1830
bearskin1843
field cap1845
kepi1861
busby1870
czako1891
forager1891
Brodrick1905
watch cap1909
gorblimey1919
split-arse cap1931
beret1948
piss-cutter1949
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. x He wore a forage-cap of fine blue cloth.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 157 The Forage Caps of the Non-commissioned Officers and Men.
1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Forage cap, the undress cap worn by infantry soldiers and known as the Glengarry forage cap.
forage-guard n. a guard detailed to cover a foraging party.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > others
Tilt Yard guard1528
safeguard1609
Irish guard1642
water-guard1776
forage-guard1819
tilt guard1894
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV Forrage-guard.
forage harvester n. an implement for harvesting forage grass (see quot. 1944).
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > forage harvester
swipplea1450
forage harvester1944
flail harvester1959
1944 C. Culpin Farm Machinery (ed. 2) x. 226 The Allis Chalmers forage harvester..is a machine which cuts the standing crop, conveys it..to a chopping cylinder, chops it into short lengths, and blows it into a trailer alongside.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 79/1 The forage-harvester..is the best thing that has hit grass farming; just as the binder revolutionized the cornfield.
forage-master n. an officer who attended to the forage, etc. of an army.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer in charge of forage
forage-master1579
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 109 He ought also to assigne a sufficient number of Horse to attende on the Forrage maister.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) Forage, Forage-Master-General, formerly an officer under the marshall, who saw to the forage for the army, which duty is now performed by the Quarter-Master-General.
1861 U.S. Army Regul. 149 No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested..in any wagon or other means of transport employed by the United States.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
foragev.
/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrɪdʒ/, /ˈfɑrɪdʒ/ 1. transitive. To collect forage from; to overrun (a country) for the purpose of obtaining or destroying supplies; to lay under contribution for forage. Also in wider sense, to plunder, pillage, ravage.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)]
reaveOE
harrowc1000
ravishc1325
spoil1382
forayc1400
forage1417
riflea1425
distrussc1430
riotc1440
detruss1475
sacka1547
havoc1575
sackage1585
pillagea1593
ravage1602
yravish1609
boot-hale1610
booty-hale1610
plunder1632
forage1642
rape1673
prig1819
loot1845
raid1875
society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provision > forage
forage1417
1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 56 Burninge, forrageing, & destroyinge all his contry.
1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. xv. 24 They..spoyled and fouraged their territories.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 476 They, hauing first foraged their next neighbours, retired themselues within their defences.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 357 Those fond entertainers..having forraged the elements of aire, earth and water for provision for their guests.
1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 247 To raise a great number of Soldiers, suffering them to Forage whole Countries.
1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet Jan. 6 After which he foraged the lands of the Earl of Chester.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. ii. 362 Noble and Peasant had been pillaged, ransomed, foraged, eaten out by so many different Armies.
2.
a. intransitive. To rove in search of forage or provisions; spec. of soldiers in the field.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > seek or acquire food
forage1530
raven1560
prog1579
size1598
snoop1848
sock1883
society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (intransitive)] > forage
forage1530
1530 in J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 553/2.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. x. sig. bvi Oxen and bulles, whiche..his men had taken in foraginge.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 26 When the Parents were gone abroade to forrage for them.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 230 Nor dare they [sc. bees] stray..Nor Forrage far, but short Excursions make. View more context for this quotation
1702 London Gaz. No. 3828/2 The Left Wing of the Army foraged near the Villages.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 286 A detachment..travelled slowly on, foraging among the villages.
b. To make an inroad on, upon; to raid. Also transferred and figurative.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)]
reaveOE
harrowc1000
ravishc1325
spoil1382
forayc1400
forage1417
riflea1425
distrussc1430
riotc1440
detruss1475
sacka1547
havoc1575
sackage1585
pillagea1593
ravage1602
yravish1609
boot-hale1610
booty-hale1610
plunder1632
forage1642
rape1673
prig1819
loot1845
raid1875
1642 King Charles I Message to both Houses 11 July 2 He permitteth his Souldiers..to forage upon the Countrey.
1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 43 Under their King Cochliarius foraging upon the Seacoast of Gaul.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xv. 208 A boyish enterprise of foraging upon the hazel trees.
1886 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 323 The consciousness that I had it to do would be so constantly foraging on my equanimity.
3. To rove or hunt about as in search of supplies; to make a roving search for; to rummage.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > range about searching
scour1297
prowlc1395
foragea1774
skirmish1864
mouse1874
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 321 We may sally out boldly to forage for new discoveries in the field of contemplation.
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 92 He passed many an hour foraging among the old manuscripts.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 24 He must forage abroad for anything he may want.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 330 Sir Hugo..wanted Deronda to forage for him on the legal part of the question.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 217 He foraged in the pockets of his..coat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [verb (transitive)] > enter into enjoyment of > enjoy or revel in
savoura1400
delighta1425
fain1483
to have, take felicity in or to1542
forage1593
batten1604
taste1605
to take out1609
to have a gust of1658
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)] > feed (oneself) to excess
over-quatc1275
glutc1315
fill1340
stuffa1400
aglutc1400
agroten1440
grotenc1440
ingrotenc1440
sorporrc1440
replenisha1450
pegc1450
quatc1450
overgorgea1475
gorge1486
burst1530
cloy1530
saturate1538
enfarce1543
mast?1550
engluta1568
gull1582
ingurgitate1583
stall1583
forage1593
paunch1597
upbray1598
upbraid1599
surfeitc1600
surcharge1603
gormandize1604
overfeed1609
farcinate1634
repletiate1638
stodge1854
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiijv With blind fold furie she begins to forrage . View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 110 Whilest his..father..Stood smiling to behold his Lyons whelpe, Foraging blood of French Nobilitie.
1670 L. Stuckley Gospel-glasse xxxiv. 362 The Plague..forraged in London, and the parts adjacent.
1698 J. Crowne Caligula v. 48 Go and prepare for this design to night, And we'll to morrow forrage in delight.
5. transitive. To supply with forage or food.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)]
afeedeOE
foddereOE
feedc950
fosterc1175
fooda1225
nourishc1300
nurshc1325
nourishc1384
abechea1393
relievec1425
norrya1450
nurturea1450
pasturec1450
foisonc1485
bield1488
aliment1490
repast1494
nutrifya1500
repatera1522
battle1548
forage1552
nurse1591
substantiate1592
refeed1615
alumnate1656
focillate1656
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Foraged to be..pabulor.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 125 They..are now out of distrust the Moguls should Forrage their Army here.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. viii. 628 Our Steeds to forage, and refresh our Pow'rs.
1810 in Mem. Visc. Combermere I. 139 We have been very well foraged since we have been here.
1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xiii. 104 He foraged their pony..and supplied them from his dairy.
6. To obtain by foraging or rummaging. Also with out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort > by searching
findOE
forage1630
scrabble1657
to grope out1701
routc1776
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxviii This fowle..is ravenous; all is too little that he can forage for himselfe.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. ii. 20 Two thousand stand of arms,..are foraged in this way.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 359 His valet..went out and foraged knowledge for him.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 19 He has foraged out some raw cabbage.
Derivatives
ˈforaged adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > in other specific manner
feast won, fast losta1616
forageda1848
a1848 J. G. Whittier Yorktown v With stolen beeves, and foraged corn.
ˈforaging adj.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [adjective] > foraging
foraging1624
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iv. 54 Two of our forraging disorderly souldiers.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 167 Forraging Bees.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 351 The Ecitons, or foraging ants.
1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xix. 306 A foraging squirrel picked up his dinner almost at my feet.
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