Definition of "forset" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.

2. (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder.

3. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.

   • backset and forset

4. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.

5. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

noun

1. (transitive, dialectal) A stratagem.