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Foreway vs Forway - What's the difference?

foreway | forway |

As a noun foreway

is (dialectal|northern england) a highroad.

As a verb forway is

to go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

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.

    • forway

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.