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noun
The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A fop; one who sports a foretop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: dandy, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
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noun
An erect tuft of hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
The forelock of a horse.
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noun
A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
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noun
a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: forelock
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Broader terms: hair
noun
a platform at the head of a foremast
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Broader terms: platform
History
From Middle English fore-top, for-top, equivalent to fore- + top.
Across languages
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