FRONDOUS
Fron"dous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Frondose. [R.]
FRONS
Frons, n. Etym: [L., front.] (Anal.)
Defn: The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
FRONT
Front, n. Etym: [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin to
E. brow.]
1. 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.
2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay.
3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; — the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. Had he his hurts before Ay, on the front. Shak.
4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
5. The most conspicuous part. The very head and front of my offending. Shak.