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To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. And then suddenly front the changed reality. J. Morley.

Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.

A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. The town is built in a very gallant place. Evelyn. Our royal, good and gallant ship. Shak.

locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels.

Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.] He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners.

A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.

tle, or simple. Johnson's Cyc. The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time. Milton.

A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.

use. Get thee out from this land. Gen. xxxi. 13. He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega. Knolles.

The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.

A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock.

The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

in rays; flashing; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.