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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fore, adv.
 1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
 2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]
    The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.   --Shak.
 3. Naut. In or towards the bows of a ship.
 Fore and aft Naut., from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
 Fore-and-aft rigged Naut., not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.