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Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

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

n. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.

ough the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.

Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.

fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.

gid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne.

A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The forehead or brow, the part 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.

A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8.

To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. The frowning wrinkle of her brow. Shak.

endering productive of fruit; fecundation. The prevalent fructification of plants. Sir T. Brown.

A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.

t from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.

Dazzling brightness; splendor. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley.

To subject to the action of smoke. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer. This funambulatory track. Sir T. Browne.

ining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] [Written also funebral.] Sir T. Browne.