fort

n. [ LL. fortalitia, or OF. fortelesce. See Fortress. ] (Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It. forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong. ] (Mus.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See Fort. ] 1. The strong point; that in which one excels. [1913 Webster]

The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]

2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible. [1913 Webster]

a. Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., a ford. &unr_; 78. See Frith. ] A way; a passage or ford. [ Obs. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Forth from; out of. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some forth their cabins peep. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v.[ AS. forð, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort √78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv. ] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

From this time forth, I never will speak word. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

When winter past, and summer scarce begun,
Invites them forth to labor in the sun. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And so forth,
Back and forth,
From forth. See under And, Back, and From. --
Forth of,
Forth from, out of. [ Obs. ] Shak. --
To bring forth. See under Bring. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Obs. ] See Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]