Meanings
- not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of fourth.
Even a hunter, I'm thinkin', wouldna like to be breakin' twa commandments in the ane day--the foorth and the saxth!
1907, Henry Van Dyke, Days Off1 more example
This, gintlemen iv th' foorth precin't,' he says, 'is Thomas Francis Dorgan, a man who, if ilicted,' he says, 'victhry'll perch,' he says, 'upon our banners,' he says; 'an',' he says, 'th' naytional honor will be maintained,' he says, 'in th' county boord,' he says.
1899, Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
- not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of forth.
I my Lord, the rest have taine their standings in the next roome, therefore good my Lord goe not foorth.
1594, Christopher Marlowe, Massacre at Paris1 more example
I see Coosen you knowe mee not, and I doe not greatlie blame you, it is so long since you came foorth of the Countrey, but I am such a ones sonne, naming her Uncle right, and his sonnes name, which she very well remembred, but had not seene him in eleven yeares.
1592, R. G., The Third And Last Part Of Conny-Catching. (1592)
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