forrit

Definitions

Forwards, forward.

Scotland, not-comparable

Examples

“I was just standin looking about me amang the lang hags that lead⟳ out frae the head o' the North Grain, and considering what could be wort of a' the sheep, when I noticed my dog, Reaver, gaun coursing away forrit as he had been setting a fox.”

“1828, "Mansie Wauch" (David Macbeth Moir), The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 132, All o' a sudden I sees a light⟳ coming dancing forrit amang the trees; and my hair began to stand⟳ up on end⟳. Then, in the next moment, save⟳ us a'! I sees anither light⟳, and forrit, forrit they baith cam, like⟳ the een of some great fiery monster, let⟳ loose frae the pit o' darkness by its maister, to seek⟳ whom it might devour.”

“Lang or that, she had had a wean to a dragoon; she hadnae come⟳ forrit^([presented as a communicant]) for maybe thretty year; and bairns had seen her mumblin' to hersel' up on Key's Loan in the gloamin', whilk was an unco time an' place⟳ for a God-fearin' woman.”

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