Part 4605

<blockquote>Palisadoes, <b>frontiers</b>, parapets. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Fron"tier</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; <as>as, a <ex>frontier</ex> town</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or relating to a frontier.</def> "Frontier experience."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

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

<hw>Fron"tier</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Frontiered</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fron"tiered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Placed on the frontiers.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Floatiersman</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Floa"tiers*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frontiersmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man living on the frontier.</def>

<mhw><h1>Frontignac, Frontignan</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fron`ti*gnac"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fron`ti`gnan"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from <ets>Frontignan</ets>, a town in Southern France.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A grape of many varieties and colors.</def>

<h1>Frontingly</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Front"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.</def>

<h1>Frontiniac</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fron`tin*iac"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Frontignac</er>.</def>

<h1>Frontispiece</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fron"tis*piece</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frontispice</ets>, LL. <ets>frontispicium</ets> beginning, front of a church, fr. L. <ets>frons</ets> front + <ets>spicere</ets>, <ets>specere</ets>, to look at, view: cf. It. <ets>frontispizio</ets>. See <er>Front</er> and <er>Spy</er>.]</ety> <def>The part which first meets the eye</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The principal front of a building</def>. <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.</def>

<h1>Frontless</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Front"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Frontless</i> vice." <i>Dryden</i>. "<i>Frontless</i> flattery." <i>Pope</i>.

<h1>Frontlessly</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Front"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Shamelessly; impudently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Frontlet</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Front"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. frontelet brow band, dim. of <ets>frontel</ets>, <ets>frontal</ets>. See <er>Frontal</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.</def>

<blockquote>They shall be as <b>frontlets</b> between thine eyes. <i>Deut. vi. 8.</i></blockquote>