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forrard

adverbsea

towards the front of a boat

towards the front; especially toward the bow of a boat

Example in use

Cum forrard an keek ower the bow

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/FORR-ard/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: forward

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