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pole inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.] Poke bonnet, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.

ave been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, use…

A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.

To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms. Began to hem him round with ported spears. Milton. Port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed…

The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.

Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.

Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.

Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.

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

ltar; 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.