forrit, adv. Sc.
(ˈfɒrɪt)
[repr. forward, or a coalescence of this with foreright.]
Forward.
| 1786 Burns Pastoral Poetry vi, Come forrit, honest Allan! 1816 Scott Old Mort. xxxviii, ‘What for are ye no getting forrit wi' the sowens?’ 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 145 Things wunna retire and come forrit as I wish. |
Hence ˈforritsome a., forward, ‘pushing’.
| 1894 Crockett Raiders 200 ‘I'm not..a forritsome man.’ |