FOREIGN REMITTANCE. _See_ WAGES REMITTED FROM ABROAD.

FOREIGN REMOVE-TICKET. A document for discharging men from one ship to
another on foreign stations: it is drawn up in the same form as the
_sick-ticket_ (which see).

FOREIGN SERVICE. Vessels or forces stationed in any part of the world
out of the United Kingdom. The opposite of _home service_.

FORELAND. A cape or promontory projecting into the sea: as the North and
South Forelands. It is nearly the same with _headland_, only that
forelands usually form the extremes of certain lines of sea-coast. Also,
a space left between the base of a canal bank, and an adjacent drainage
cut or river, so as to favour the stability of the bank.

FORE-LIGHTROOM. _See_ LIGHT-ROOM.

FORELOCK. A flat pointing wedge of iron, used to drive through a mortise
hole in the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place. The
forelock is sometimes twisted round the bolt's point to prevent its
drawing. Also, spring-forelock, which expands as it passes through.

FORELOCK-BOLTS. Those with an eye, into which an iron forelock is driven
to retain them in place. When secured in this way, the bolt is said to
be forelocked.

FORELOCKS. The pins by which the cap-squares of gun-carriages are
secured.

FORE-MAGAZINE. _See_ MAGAZINE.

FORE-MAN AFLOAT. The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights
working on board a ship not in dock.

FORE-MAST. The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (_See_ MAST.)

FORE-MAST MAN. From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished
from an officer of a ship.

FOREMOST. Anything which is nearer to the head of a ship than another.

FORE-NESS. An old term for a promontory.

FORE-PART OF A SHIP. The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.

FORE-PEAK. The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow;
close forward under the lower deck.

FORE-RAKE. That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the
keel.

FORE-REACH, TO. To shoot ahead, or go past another vessel, especially
when going in stays: to sail faster, reach beyond, to gain upon.

FORERUNNER. A precursor, an avant-courier.

FORERUNNERS OF THE LOG-LINE. A small piece of red bunting laid into that
line at a certain distance from the log, the space between them being
called the stray-line, which is usually from 12 to 15 fathoms, and is an
allowance for the log to be entirely out of the ship's dead-water before
they begin to estimate the ship's velocity, consequently the kn