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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FORESUIT, n. Also for sout. The space in the bow of a boat where a man can stand, the front compartment, foreroom (Ork. 1929 Marw., “prob. obs.”).Ork. 1728 in H. Marwick Merchant Lairds (1936) I. 136:
For the sie liefted the casis that was stoud at the for sont to the main mast.