n. a lock on an exterior door. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
imp. pl. & p. p. of Forlese. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The beasts their caves, the birds their nests forlore. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See For-, and Lorn, a., Lose, v. t. ]
Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
For here forlorn and lost I tread. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
A forlorn hope [ D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band; akin to E. heap. See For-, and Heap. ] (Mil.),
n.
Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy. Oliver Cromvell. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a forlorn manner. Pollok. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being forlorn. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop. ] (Naut.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Schorlaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]