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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Forth river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, formed by streams that join near Aberfoyle in Stirling, S central Scotland. It meanders generally eastward past the town of Stirling to the Firth of Forth at Alloa. Its chief tributaries are the Teith and Allan rivers. The Firth of Forth extends c.55 mi (90 km) E from Alloa to the North Sea, reaching widths up to 19 mi (31 km) across. Rosyth is an important naval base, and Leith is the port of Edinburgh. The port of Grangemouth is at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal (35 mi/56 km long; completed 1890), which links the Firth of Forth ... Read more

FORTH
FORTH A programming language formerly much in vogue among users of microcomputers. FORTH operands are held on a stack , and programs take the form of strings in reverse Polish notation . A vital feature of FORTH is that a symbol (a WORD) can be associated with any program... Read more

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forth forwards (now only in back and forth ); onwards (surviving in gen. use in and so forth ); forward into view; away. OE. forð = OS. forth (Du. voort ), MHG. vort (G. fort ) :- Gmc. * furþa (cf. Goth . faurþis further) :- IE. * pr... Read more

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