frontignac, frontiniac (tignac, tiniac as tinyac)

[Fr. Frontignan. (See def.)] A kind of wine made at Frontignan in Hérault, IMG:content-0182.png:[blocks in formation] fron-tis-piēçe. *fron-tis-pice, s. [Fr. front is pice , from Low Lat.frontispicium =a front view, a front; frons (gen it. front is ) = a front, and specio =to see; Ital. frontispizio ; Sp. front isp i cio .] That which is seen in or at the front; as *1. The front of a house, the façade. "But the greatest difficultie in this kinde of worke, was about the verie frontispiece and maine lintle-tree."-P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xxxvi. ch. xiv. IMG:content-0183.png:[blocks in formation] On the fair frontispiece of Nature's book." Dryden: Britannia Rediviva , 107. 5. The face. (Slang.) The corrupt spelling, frontispiece , is due to ar erroneous idea that the latter part of the word was the English piece . *front-le , a. [English front ; -le .] Wanting shame or modesty; full of effrontery, shamele . "The A then i an's [So crates] modest irony was of an other taste, and better suited to the decorum of conversation, than the Syrian's [Lucian) frontle buffoonery."Hurd: On the Manner of Writing Dialogue. (Pref.) *front-le -ly, adv . [Eng. frontle ; -ly.] In a shamele , barefaced manner; without shame or modesty. front-lět, 8. [For front a let , a dim in. from frontal (q.v.).] 1. A frontal, a small band or fillet worn on the forehead. ( Scott : Marmion , vi. 3.) *2. A face, an appearance. "Of shorter limb, and frontlet more ornate, Such the Silurian." Dyer: The Fleece , i. IMG:content-0184.png:[blocks in formation] frost-fish, s. 1935 Ichthy.: A small fish, Morrhua pruinosa , common on the coasts of this country just after frost sets in, whence the English name. It is called also the Tom-cod.