See Also: foreset(1)(dictionary)
foreset(2)(dictionary)
fashioned(dictionary)
old-fashioned(dictionary)
old-fashioned(dictionary)
Old Fashioned Gingerbread(recipes)
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread(recipes)
Old-Fashioned Chicken with Dumplings(recipes)
Old-Fashioned Herb Stuffing(recipes)
Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Sandwiches(recipes)

foreset(1) (iou) and old-fashioned (iou)


foreset(1) (iou)



foreset adjective. E20.
[from FORE- + SET ppl adjective.]
Geology. Of layers of sediment: deposited on the inclined, advancing, forward slope of a delta.

old-fashioned (iou)



old-fashioned adjective, noun, & adverb. L16.
[from OLD adjective + FASHIONED.]
A. adjective.
In, reflecting, or according to the style, Fashion, or tastes of an earlier period; antiquated, outdated. L16.
M. Kingsley Good, old-fashioned, long skirts.
b. Of a plant: belonging to a species or variety no longer in common cultivation. E20.
Attached to old fashions or ways; having out-of-date tastes. L17.
A. Powell He was old-fashioned enough to retain the starched shirt and cuffs of an earlier generation.
Unusually mature; precocious, intelligent, knowing. Chiefly dial. M19.
Disapproving, reproachful. E20.
D. Barlow Men..are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice.
Special collocations: old-fashioned cocktail = sense B. below. old-fashioned rose = OLD ROSE noun 1. old-fashioned waltz a waltz played in quick time. old-fashioned winter a winter marked by snow and hard frost.
b. noun. A cocktail consisting chiefly of whisky, bitters, water, and sugar; a low tumbler in which such a cocktail is served. N. Amer. E20.
C. adverb. In a disapproving, reproachful, or quizzical manner. E20.
old-Fashion adjective = OLD-FASHIONED L16-L18.
old-fashionedly adverb E19.
old-fashionedness noun E19.