2. (venery).—A double-barrelled (q.v.) harlot. [As in the song attributed to an eminent living man of letters: “Sing whore, sing whore, Behind and before, Her price is a shilling—She never gets more.”] Fore-buttocks, subs. (old).—The paps.—For synonyms, see Dairy. a. 1745. Swift, Pope, and Arbuthnot, Misc. iv., 222. Now her fore-buttocks to the navel bare. Forecaster, subs. (venery). The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Fore-coach-wheel, subs. (common).—A half-crown. For synonyms, see Caroon. Fore-court, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum. Also Fore-hatch, Fore-castle, and Fore-room. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Forefoot, subs. (old).—The hand. 1599. Shakspeare, Henry V., II., 1. Give me thy fist; thy forefoot to me give. 1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. Foregather, verb. (old).—To share the sexual embrace. For synonyms, see Ride. Forehatch, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Also Forecastle. Foreman, subs. (old).—1. The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick. [Cf., Forewoman.] 1647. Ladies’ Parliament (q.v.). Foreman of the jury, subs. phr. (old).—A babbler; one with the gift of the gab (q.v.). 1690. B. E., Dict. of the Canting Crew. Foreman of the jury, he that engrosses all the talk to himself. 1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. Foreskin Hunter, subs. phr. (venery).—A harlot. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart. Forest, subs. (venery).—The female pubic hair. For synonyms, see Fleece. 1573–1631. Donne, Elegies, xviii. Yet ere thou be where thou would’st be embayed, Thou must upon another forest set, Where many shipwreck and no further get. 1720. Durfey, Pills, etc., vi., 146. Give me the Country lass, That trips it o’er the field, And opes her forest to the first. Fore-stall, subs. (thieves’).—In garotting, a look-out in front of the operator, or ugly-man (q.v.); the watch behind is the back-stall (q.v.). [From fore + stall (q.v.).] Forewoman, subs. (old).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Fork, subs. (old). 1. A pickpocket. Fr., ‘Avoir les mains crochues = to be a light-fingered or lime-fingered filcher; every finger of his hand as good as a lime-twig.’—Cotgrave. 1690. B. E., Dict. of the Canting Crew, s.v. 1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. 2. (thieves’).—A finger. The forks = the fore and middle fingers; also cf., (proverbial) ‘Fingers were made before forks.’ English Synonyms.—Claws; cunt-hooks (Grose); daddles (also the hands); divers; feelers; fives; flappers; grapplers; grappling irons; gropers; hooks; nail-bearers; pickers and stealers (Shakspeare); corn-stealers; Ten Commandments; ticklers; pinkies; muck-forks. French Synonyms.—Les apôtres (thieves’: = the ten Apostles); les fourchettes, or les fourchettes d’Adam (popular: = Adam’s forks); le peigne d’allemand (thieves’: Rabelais).