1 gen 1682 anni - fore-end

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Literally the ‘front’ but where time was concerned used in the sense of ‘the early part’. 1642 <i>sheepe which in the fore ende of the yeare wante wolle</i>, Elmswell (DW12); 1682 <i>he came into England the fore ende of May last and sells hollan, scotch-cloath</i>, West Riding (QS1). Henry Best of Elmswell wrote about the right time to harvest corn: 1642 <i>if the fore-ende of them bee not taken … the hinder ende of them will shake</i> (DW52).

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