Part 4604

<blockquote>And then suddenly <b>front</b> the changed reality. <i>J. Morley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To adorn in front; to supply a front to; <as>as, to <ex>front</ex> a house with marble; to <ex>front</ex> a head with laurel</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Yonder walls, that pertly <b>front</b> your town. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Front</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Front</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To have or turn the face or front in any direction; <as>as, the house <ex>fronts</ex> toward the east</as>.</def>

<h1>Frontage</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Front"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.</def>

<h1>Frontal</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>frontal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the front part; being in front</def>; esp. <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <def>Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; <as>as, the <ex>frontal</ex> bones</as>.</def>

<h1>Frontal</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron"tal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frontal</ets>, <ets>fronteau</ets>, OF. <ets>Frontel</ets>, <ets>frontal</ets>, L. <ets>frontale</ets> an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See <er>Front</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An ornamental band for the hair</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The metal face guard of a soldier.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A little pediment over a door or window.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicament or application for the forehead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Quincy.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Frontal</col> <col>hammer &or; helve</col></mcol>, <cd>a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head.</cd></cs>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Frontate, Fron'tated</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw><hw>Fron"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fron'ta*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.</def>

<h1>Fronted</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Front"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed with a front; drawn up in line.</def> "Fronted brigades."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Frontier</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fron"tier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fronti\'8are</ets>, LL. <ets>frontaria</ets>. See <er>Front</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; <as>as, the <ex>frontier</ex> of civilization</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>An outwork.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>