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They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.

An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

Same as Affronté.

One who confronts.

dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

The dodo.

To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.

Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

Foremost part or place. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. 2 Sam. xi. 15. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp.

t of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. Pope. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. Shak. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior.

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.),

Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.

Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.

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, the frontier of civilization.