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Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

altar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Situated immediately in front of the loins;- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n.

Situated in front of the molar teeth. --n.

Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. -- n.

Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands.

a. (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.

The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.

A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.

esent arms (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken…

Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone). Presphenoid bone (Anat.), the anterior part of the body of the sphenoid bone in front of the basisphenoid. It is usually a separate bone in the young or fetus, but becomes a part of the sphe…

y; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. Dryden. Conclusive presumption. See under Conclusive. -- Presumption of fact (Law), an argument of a fact fro…

Situated in front of the temporal bone.