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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Johnson.

The chief or most important part.

Shak.

Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . .
Had the

forehand

and vantage of a king.

Shakespeare

Adj.

Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the

forehand

sin.

Shakespeare

, n.

The part of a horse which is before the rider.

The chief part.

Adj.

Done sooner than is regular.

And so extenuate the forehand sin.