Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fore \Fore\, adv. [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for.
   See {For}, and cf. {Former}, {Foremost}.]
   1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to
      aft, after, back, behind, etc.

   2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]

            The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. --Shak.

   3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.

   {Fore and aft} (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the
      vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

   {Fore-and-aft rigged} (Naut.), not rigged with square sails
      attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on
      stays in the midship line of the vessel. See {Schooner},
      {Sloop}, {Cutter}.