a. [ L. bis twice + foratus, p. p. of forare to bore or pierce. ] (Bot.) Having two perforations. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place. ] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors. ] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray. ] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ the lion ] from forage will incline to play. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forage cap. See under Cap. --
Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging ] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. --
Foraging cap, a forage cap. --
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. forare to bore + -lite. ] (Geol.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Foramina E. Foramines [ L., fr. forare to bore, pierce. ] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. --
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foraminatus. ] Having small opening, or foramina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foraminosus. ] Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray. ] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The huge Earl Doorm, . . .
Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pillage; to ravage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or joins in a foray. [ 1913 Webster ]

They might not choose the lowland road,
For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Imperforate. ] Incapable of being perforated, or bored through. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Imperforate. ] (Zool.) A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

{ } a. [ L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to perforate. See Perforate. ] Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. imperforation. ] The state of being without perforation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL. See Perforate. ] (Zool.) (a) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa. (b) A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perforated p. pr. & vb. n. Perforating. ] [ L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to perforate; per through + forare to bore. See Bore, v. ] To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. perforation. ] 1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. “Slender perforations.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. perforatif. ] Having power to perforate or pierce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. perforateur. ] One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. transforatus, p. p. of transforare to pierce through; trans through + forare to bore. ] To bore through; to perforate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]