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the border; these should be four inches thick. They are intendedto rest the glass lights upon, which are to slope backwards to thewall, to shelter the fruit as there shall be occasion : and there nuistbe, at each end, a door to open either way, according as the windblows. The frame should be made moveable along the wall, thatwhen a tree has been forced one year, the frame may be removedto another, and so on, that'the trees may each of them be' forcedonly once in three years, at which rate they will last a long time.They must be always well-grown trees that are chosen for forc-ing ; for young ones are soon destroyed, and the fruit that is pro-duced from them is never so well tasted. The fruits most properfor this management are the avant or small white nutmeg, the al-bermarle, the early Newingtown, and the brown nutmeg peaches;Mr. Fairchild’s early, and the elrngo and Newingtown nectarines;the masculine apricot, and the may-duke and may-cherry. Forgrapes, the white and black sweet-water are the properest; and ofgooseberries the Dutch white, the Dutch early green, and the walnutoose-berry; and the largeDulch w lute and large Dutch red currants,he dung, before it is put to the wall, should be laid in a heap for fiveor six days, that it may heat thoroughly ; and when thus preparedit must be laid four feet thick at the base of the wall, and gosloping up till it is two feet thick at the top. It must be laid atleast, within three or four inches of the top of the wall; and whenit sinks, as it will sink two or three feet, more dung must be laidon; for the first heat will do little more than just swell the blossombuds. The covering of the trees with glasses is of great service; butthey should be taken off to admit the benefit of gentle showers tothe trees, and the doors at the ends should be either left entirelyopen, or one or both of them opened, and a mat hung beforethem, at once to let the air circulate and keep off the frosts. Thedung is never to be applied till towards the end of November;and three changes of it will be sufficient to ripen the cherries,"'Inch will be very fine in February. As to the apricots, grapes,nectarines, peaches, and plumbs, if the weather be milder, theglasses are to be opened to let in sunshine or gentle showers. If af ow or two of scarlet strawberries be planted at the back of theframe, they will ripen in February or the beginning of March;fhe vines will blossom in April, and the grapes will ripen in June.« should lie carefully observed, not to place early and late ri-pening fruits together, because the heat necessary to force thelate ones will be of great injury to the early ones after they havefruited.

Forcing, in the wine trade, a term used by the wine coopers,for tlie fining down wines, and rendering them fit for immediatedraught.

FORDSAND, a small island of Denmark , near the coast ofMeswick. Lon. 8. 35. E. I .at. 55. 1. N.

FORDWICH, a town of Kent , called in the Doomsday Rook‘‘ the little Borough of Fordwich,” is a member of the port ofsandwich, and was anciently incorporated by the style of the ba-tons of the town of Fordwich, but more lately bv the name of theiiiayor, jurats, and commonalty, who enjoy the same privileges as*he cinque-ports. It is famous for excellent trouts, taken in the“tour.

FORDYCE, David, an elegant and learned writer of the‘3th century, was professor of philosophy in the Marischal college,Aberdeen . He was originally designed for the ministry; to pre-l )H re himself for which was the whole aim of his ambition, ami forbourse of years the whole purpose of his studies. IIow well liev j as qualified to appear in that character, appears from his Theo-‘ °rus, a dialogue concerning the art of preaching. Afier havingJ'Hshed tiiis work, he went abroad on bis travels, to obtain fresht° r es of knowledge: but after a successful tour through severalPtirts of Europe , he was unfortunately cast away in a storm on the^°ast of Holland. He wrote also Dialogues on Education, 8vo.nd a Treatise of Moral Philosophy, published in the Preceptor,.he third edition of his Theodorus was published in 1 .omlon, afterlls untimely death, l>v his brother, the Rev. Mr. James Fordyce ,11 eminent dissenting minister , in 1755.

FORE, applied to'a ship, denotes that part of her frame and’ a .cli:nery "'inch lies near the stem.

Fore and Apr is used for the whole ship’s length, or from endto end,

I'ore-Castlf. op* a Suit, that part where d ,e fore-mast stands.ls divided from the rest by a bulk-head. See the atticle Snip.v °t, n.— no, 87.

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Four-closed, in law, signifies the being shut out, and eschid-’ed, or barred, the equity of redemption on mortgages, &c.

FoRe-foot, in the sea-language, signifies one ship’s lying, orsailing, cross another’s way: as if two ship’s being under sail, andin ken one of another, one of them lying in her course with herstem so much a weather the other, that holding on their severalways, neither of them altering their courses, the. windward ship willrun a-head of the other: then it is said, such a ship lies with theother’s forefoot.

FOREIGN, in the English law, is used in various significations.Thus,

1. Foreign Attachment, is an attachment of the goods offoreigners found within a city or liberty, for the satisfaction ofsome citizen to whom the foreigner is indebted ; or it signifies anattachment ot a foreigner’s money in the hands of another person.

2. Foreign Kingdom, a kingdom under the dominion of aforeign prince. At the instance of an ambassador or consul, anyoffender against the laws here may be sent foT hither from a foreignkingdom to which he hath fled. And, where a stranger of Hol-land, or any foreign country, buys goods at London , for instance,and there gives a note under his hand for payment, and then goesaway privately into Holland; in that case, the seller may have acertificate from the lord mayor, on the proof of the sale and deli-very of such goods, whereupon a process will be executed on theparty in Holland.

3. Foreign Opposes, or Appcser, an officer in the exche-quer that opposes or makes a charge on all sheriffs, Ac. of theirgreen wax; i. e. fines, issues, amerciaments, recognizances, &c.

4. Foreign 1’lea, signifies an objection to the judge of thecourt, In refusing him as incompetent, because the matter inquestion is not within his jurisdiction.

5. Foreign Seamen, serving two years on board British ships,whether of war, trade, or privateers, during the time of war, shallbe deemed natural-born subjects.

FOREIGNERS, though made denizens, or naturalized, aredisabled to bear any office in government, to be of the privycouncil, or members of parliament, &c. This is by the acts ofthe settlement of the crown. Such persons as are not freemen ofa city or corporation, are also called foreigners, to distinguishthem from the members of the same.

FOREJUDGE!!, a judgement whereby a man is deprived, orput out, of the thing in question.

FOREJUDGED THE COURT, is when an officer or attor-ney of the court of common-pleas is expelled the same for someoffence, or for not appearing to an action by bill filed against him;and in the latter he is not to be re-admitted till lie shall appear.By 2 Hen. IV. c. 8, he shall lose his office and be fore-judgedthe court.

FORELAND, North, a promontory of- England on theN. E. extremity of the isle of Thr.net, in Kent , ascertained byact of parliament to be the most southern part of the port of Lon-don , which is thence extended N. in a right line to the point,called the Nase on the coast of Essex , and forms the mouth of theThames. A round brick tower near 80 feet high, was erectedhere, as a sea-mark, by the Trinity House corporation. It lias alight house on its top, in which fights are kept burning everynight. The sea gains so much upon the land here by the windsat S. Vf. that, within the memory of peisons still living, about 30acres of land have been lost in one place. It is 2-j miles S. E. <’fMargate. Longitude of the light house, 1° 2d' 22 ’ E. from Green-wich . Latitude of the same, 3 1° 22' 40" N.

Foreland, South, a promontary of England oil the E. coa-tof Kent , between Dover and Deal, which forms the east point ofthe Kentish shore, and is called South, in respect to its bearingfrom the other Foreland, and is about six miles to the N. Theirsituation is of great security to the noted road between them,called the Downs which would be very dangerous for ships, didnot this point break the sea off, that would otherwise come rollingup from the IV. to the Flats or sand banks, which for three leaguestogether, and a tabout a league and a half from the shore, run pa-rallel with it, ami are dry at low' water. Lon- 1° 22' 6” E. Lat51° 8' 21" N.

Foreland, South, a cape on the W, coast of North America ,in Cook’ - river. Lon. 121. 20. W. Lat. 60. 50. N.

FORELOCKS, in the sea-language, little flat wedges madet> E with