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ing ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. -- Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. -- Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several other t…

A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.

Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner. Prior.

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to Ant: back or Ant: behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the sub…

Defense in front. [Obs.]

The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.

To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

To lift up in front. [Obs.]

The first rank; the front.

The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak.

Front stick of a hearth fire.

That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.

The van; the front. [Obs.] My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.

rmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. Milton. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. Locke.

Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight.

To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.