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Foreway vs Foregone - What's the difference?

foreway | foregone |

As a noun foreway

is (dialectal|northern england) a highroad.

As a verb foregone is

.

As an adjective foregone is

previous, former.

foreway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal, Northern England) A highroad.
  • An advantage; foredeal.
  • *1852 , William Carleton, Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry :
    • I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom.
  • *1902 , Pearson's magazine: Volume 13:
    • Provided that old Gilligan had not more horse sense than yourself and got the foreway of you," says I, [...]
  • (of a vehicle) The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.

    • foregone

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • previous, former
  • bygone
  • *1874 , William Henley, O, Gather Me the Rose :
  • *:For with the dream foregone', ' foregone ,
    • The deed forborne for ever,
  • *:The worm, regret, will canker on,
    • And time will turn him never.
  • (informal) inevitable, predictable

    • Derived terms

    * foregone conclusion