forge over
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
forge over (third-person singular simple present forges over, present participle forging over, simple past and past participle forged over)
- (nautical) To press on regardless of hindrances.
- 1857, Chris Biden, Want of a Light on the Pratas Shoal:
- When the morning broke, they found that the vessel had forged over the reef, about four or five miles, not having more than two feet water; the reef extending for nine or ten miles to the S.E.
References[edit]
- Falconer's Marine Dictionary (1760)