fornent

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I think truly there was not much sleep for Margaret, even as she said, for did not I hear her moving, and I would be thinking of her turning and twisting fornent the image-glass.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

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

When the door was put ajee, and the furm set fornent p. 76the 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 by Hardie, Charles Martin

By the time you're her age, she'll have a child or two, and'll mebbe be feeling very sorry for herself … and you'll have the world fornent you still!

From The Foolish Lovers by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)

"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