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Anat.: That portion of the brain which is situated in front of the fi ure of Rolando, and above the horizontal limb of the fi ure of Sylvius. frontispiece frontal-nerve, s. Anat.: The largest of the three branches of the ophthalmic nerve (q. v.). frontal-sinuses, s. pl. Anat.: Two deep cavities in the substance of the frontal bone. They are separated by a median septum, and open below into the anterior cells of the ethmoid bone. They appear during the first year, and go on increasing in size up to old age. frontal-suture, s. Anat .: A suture between the portions of the frontal bone. It occurs in children, and even in some adults it is not obliterated by o ification. fron-tāte, fron-tat-ed, a. [Eng., ., front; -ate, -ated.] Bot .: Increasing in breadth; growing broader. front-box, s . [Eng. front and box (q. v.).] Α box in a theater from which there is a direct view on to the stage. "That men may say, when we the front box grace, Behold the first in virtue, as in face." Pope : Rape of the Lock, v. 17. front-ed, a . [Eng. front ; -ed.] Formed with or drawn up in a front. "Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form." Milton: P. L., ii. 532. *front-er, s. [Eng.front; -er.] Eccles.: A frontal (q. v.). fron-tiër, *fron-ter, *froun-tor, s . & a. [Fr. front ière , from Low Lat. fronter i a , front aria , from frons (gen it. front is )=a forehead, an exterior, a front; Ital. frontier a ; Sp. fronter a ; Port. fronteira =a frontier.] IMG:content-0180.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0181.png:[blocks in formation] "Their bolstered hair, which standeth crested round their frontiers, and hangeth over heir faces." -Stubbes. *4. The extreme edge, limit, or border; the most remote part. *5. The border, the edge of anything. "In the frountor of the high stage." Lydgate: Minor Poems , p. 16. B. As adj.: Of or pertaining to the frontier or border of a country; border. "And so with readie minds and active bodies they breake through the frontier bankes over against them, whiles the enemies were amused on the fires that our men made."- P . Holland : Ammianus Mar cell in us , p. 106. For the difference between frontier and border , see BORDER. *fron-tiër, *fron-tire, v . i . & t . [FRONTIER, 8.] A. Intransitive : 1. To stand on the frontier; to constitute a frontier or border. 2. To po e territories bordering on or forming a frontier to another. B. Trans.: To place on the frontier; to surround, to hem in. "Yet now that it is no more a border, nor front i red with enemies, why should such privileges be any more continued?"-Spenser: View of the State of Ireland.