Dialect form of 'forward'; used primarily in British regional speech, especially nautical and agricultural contexts.
Variant spelling and pronunciation of 'forrad,' derived from Old English 'forward' with dialectal sound changes. Common in 19th and early 20th-century literature depicting rural or maritime characters.
You'll find 'forrard' in maritime novels because sailors had their own dialect—they needed a quick word for 'move toward the front of the ship,' and their regional speech made 'forward' into 'forrard' naturally.
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