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s; 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.

hameless; not diffident; impudent. [Obs.] "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.

Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.] Pope.

rtion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. Pope.

the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. "The long funerals." Pope.

n dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton. For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope.

d sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

ng his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. Pope.

uated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff." Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.

or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. Pope. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Gray.

Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. Pope.

o high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.

t sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. To get rid of fools and scoundrels. Pope. His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. Coleridge.

; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Pope.

ing of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope.

A shop where gill is sold. Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. Pope.

en me once again to behold my friend. Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. Pope.

A gift; a benefaction. [R.] Pope.

gladded all the warrior train. Dryden. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope.

grassy open or cleared space in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.