What is to tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.] In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer called?
fortread — To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.] In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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