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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Forehed(e, Forhed(e, n. Also: foir-, forheid, forhad; fourhed. [ME. forhed(e, forheved, OE. forhéafod. See also Foret n.]

1. The forehead.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 183.
Hir forhed & breste bath Scho taknyt of the croice rath c1400 Troy-bk. i. 328.
He … with forhede blith … resauit thame swyth c1475 Wall. xi. 1260.
A fyr brand in his forheid he bayr c1515 Asl. MS. I. 165/27.
Sum of thir ilis has men with ane E in the forhed 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 20.
Quhy suld I than, with dull forhed and vayn, … Presume to write? a1578 Pitsc. I. 258/17.
His forheid was beld and bair(b) 1501 Acta Conc. MS. XI. 116.
Ane quhite meir with ane blak foale, beld in the forehed 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7851.
Ane hiddeous wound he gat in his foirheid 1558-66 Knox II. 452.
The leprosie appeirit in his foirheid 1591 Crim. Trials I. 245.
The thing in the foirheid of ane new-foillit foill 1616 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 4.
Ane blak broun hors beld in his foreheid

2. The line up to which a peat-moss has already been dug. 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 174.
Tha sal kast thar petis apon a forhed filland behynd tham Ib. 199.
Tha sal neuer cast thar pettis bot onder a forhed