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Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvæ.

Foremost part or place. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. 2 Sam. xi. 15. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp.

The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.

To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak.

To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.

Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n.

Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. -- n.

omatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630).

Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. Burke.

See Sea foam, 2.

A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.

loth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.

From that place. [Obs.]

From this or that. Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. John. xxiii. 6.

To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.