† forloinn.
Obsolete. Hunting.
1. The action of forloining.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > leaving pack behind
forloin14..
14.. Le Venery de Twety in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 152 Why blowe ye so? For cause that the hert is seen, an ye wot nevere whedir that myn hundys be become fro myn meyne. And what maner of chase clepe ye that? We clepe it the chace of the forloyne [Fr. la chace de Forloyng].
1486 Bk. St. Albans Fj What is a forloyng, for that is goode to here.
2. A note of recall.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > [noun] > signal on horn
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relief1602
call1677
stroke1688
gone away1827
rattle1889
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > wind music > cadence or flourish on horn
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c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 386 Therwith the hunte wonder faste Blew a forloyn at the laste.
1735 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Forloyn, a Retreat when the Dogs are called off from a wrong Scent. O[ld Word].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
† forloinv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To leave behind at a distance, forsake.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1165 Þay forloyne her fayth & folȝed oþer goddes.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 368 Þaȝ I forloyne my dere endorde.
b. intransitive. To stray, err.
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > err or go wrong or astray
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miswendOE
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to go wrong?1507
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tread awrya1625
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 750 Ȝif I for-loyne as a fol.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 282 He knew och freke forloyned fro þe ryȝt wayez.
2. Hunting. transitive. To leave (the pack) far behind. Said of the stag, or of individual hounds. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (transitive)] > leave pack behind
forloin1486
1486 Bk. St. Albans F j When..the beest is stoll away owt of the fryth Or the houndes that thow hast meten therwith And any other houndes before than may with hem mete Thees oder houndes arn then forloyned..For the beste and the houndes arn so fer before And the houndes behynde be weere and soore So that they may not at the best cum at ther will The houndes before forloyne hem.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xl. 118 A Harte doth foreloyne and breake out before the houndes for diuers reasons.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 79 When a Hound meeteth a Chase, and goeth away with it far before the rest, then say, he Foreloyneth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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