Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To delay; divert; abandon.
  • noun In hunting. See the extract.

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Examples

  • Wee now wylle make forloyne yn tyme to fyghte agenne.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • Sounde the loude flughorne for a quicke forloyne [95];

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

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