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Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.

Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n.

Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.

Obs. & R.] The king was not more forward to bestow favors on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors. Fuller.

Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty." "Audacious prate." Shak.

The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.

The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

n the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

ch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

ng, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

ot (Zoöl.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.