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FORNIX

Volume 9 · 81 words · 1815 Edition

in Anatomy, is part of the corpus callosum in the brain; so called, on account of a distant resemblance to the arches of ancient vaults when viewed in a particular manner.

PORRAGE, in the military art, denotes hay, oats, barley, wheat, grass, clover, &c. brought into the camp by the troopers, for the sustenance of their horses.

It is the business of the quartermaster general to appoint the method of forrage, and post proper guards for the security of the forragers.