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Then he comes and sits fornent the boy, let down one of his ears, and cocked up the other, and gave a grin.

Poor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, "and beeks fornent the sun."

Fornent, fornenst, forenenst; opposite: he and I sat fornenst each other in the carriage.

Well, I laid the gun upon the dresser, drew a stool, an' sits down fornent the miser.

Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan'in in what they ca' a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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