fornent

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Whiles I wad sleep and whiles wad wake, an’ whiles was mair than surly; I wondered sair as I sat there fornent the eyes o’ Nerli.

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

Poor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, "and beeks fornent the sun."

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

Home went the ball fornent the stick, Dead as a corp, or Julius Cæsar, Baalam's ass, or Nebuchenezzar.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet

When the door was put ajee, and the furm set fornent the fire, I gave Isaac a dram to keep his heart up on such a cold stormy night. 

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth

"And is it there ye're lying on the broad of yer back, and me as sick as a dog fornent ye?"

From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James