Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
   forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
   fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
   futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
   1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
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            He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
                                                  --Shak.
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            One way a band select from forage drives
            A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
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            Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
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   2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
      cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.
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   Forage cap. See under Cap.

   Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing
      forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
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