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rt 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.

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.),

Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.

Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.

Placed on the frontiers. [R.]

A man living on the frontier.

A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.

In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.

See Frontignac.

An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. [Obs.] "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.

Shamelessly; impudently. [Obs.]

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

A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.

Same as Frontal, 2.

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak.

Face to face, or front to front; facing.

Shamelessly. [Obs.] Bacon.