foresound
nounEtymology
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a sound made in advance
- Then of a sudden, without any foresounds, the scratching began again.
- In Great Britain, on the contrary, the fore-sound is perceptible to four, and the aftersound to three, out of every five observers; and these proportions are maintained roughly to considerable distances from the epicentre.
to sound in advance
- Of ash-heaps, in the which ye use Husbands and wives by streaks to chuse; Of crackling laurel, which foresounds A plenteous harvest to your grounds; […]
The neighborhood
- antonymaftersound
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for foresound. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA