frontage (fruntaj)

[ The pile of dingy buildings rearing its frontage high into the night. R. L. Stevens on , The Dynamiter, p. 93. Each farm extends its narrow frontage-generally about 200 yards wide-down acro these meadows to Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 820. low-water mark. 21. That which constitutes a front; a front piece, as in a former style of female head-dre . See the extract. Monsieur Paradin says, "That these old-fashioned fron tages rose an ell above the head; that they were pointed like steeples, and had long loose pieces of crape fastened to the tops of them, which are curiously fringed, and hang down their backs like streamers.' Add is on, The Head-dre . frontager (frun tā-jer), n. 1. One who lives on the frontier or border; a borderer: as, the northern frontagers of China.-2. In law , one who owns land fronting on a road, shore, or stream; an abutting owner. 2389 section, in an at., a plane or section at right angles to a sagittal plane, and parallel to the axis of the trunk.Frontal points, in ornith., same as antiæ.-Frontal proboscis, in Turbellaria. See extract and cut under Rhabdocæla, and cuts under Rhynchocæla and Proctucha. - Frontal ridges, projecting parts of the sides of the front, below the eyes, under which the antennæ are inserted in certain Coleoptera. - Frontal shield, in ornith., an extension and expansion of the bill upon the forehead, forming a horny protuberance; a casque; a galea.Frontal sinus, an excavation in the frontal bone, usually communicating with the nasal cavity. See cut under cra niofacial. - Frontal suture. (a) In an at., the temporary suture between the right and left frontal bones, or opposite halves of the frontal bone. (b) In entom. See clypeal suture, under clypeal. - Minimum frontal line. See craniometry. II. n. 1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet. (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) Any defensive contrivance, as a nasal or vizor. (c) That part of the harne or caparison of a horse which covers the forehead. [In all these senses used loosely without precise meaning.] They arme their horses too; about his legges they tie bootes, and cover his head with frontals of steele. Under down, tr. of Heliodor us, sig. Q 6. 21. Something that comes or is situated in front; a front piece or part, as (formerly) the valance of a bed. A nether frontale of the Samyne bed. Inventories, an. 1542, p. 92. Specifically-3. In her .: (a) The front of anything, as of a helmet or a cap. (b) The forehead, as of a human head, used as a bearing.4. In arch ., a little pediment or frontispiece over a small door or window.-5. Eccles .: (a) A movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar. Frontals are of silk, satin, damask, or other material, and are made of different colors for the different festivals and seasons of the church year. Sometimes they cover not only the front but the ends of the altar; this was usual in the middle ages. Over the upper part of the frontal falls another shorter hanging, also reaching the whole width of the altar, and along the ends. This is now commonly called the superfrontal (formerly the frontel or frontlet ), and is attached to one of the three linen cloths on the mensa or to the frontal, concealing the edge of the altar. Also called front , and by the Latin names antependium , palla , and pallium . An altar-cloth, with a frontel, for the great feast-days. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 233. (b) In England, in the middle ages, also a movable cover of wood or precious metal for the times called a table (also tabula, table mentum ). front of the altar. Such a frontal was some At the more solemn festivals, the high altar, in the richer churches, was sheathed in a gold or silver frontal studded with precious stones, while in the le wealthy ones it was gracefully shrouded in the folds of a costly silken pall. Rock , Church of our Fathers, i. 233. 6t. In med., a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead. But if it be an old and inveterat paine of the head, then would there a frontale be made of the said juice, tempered with barley floure and vinegre. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xx. 13. 7. In an at. and zool., the frontal bone; the bone of the forehead. In its primitive state it consists of a pair of bones, being developed from lateral paired centers of o ification in the membranous cranium. It attains great comparative size in birds. See cuts under Anura, Balænidæ, Crocodilia, Cyclodus, Gallinæ, parasphenoid, and skull. front ate, front a ted (fron'tāt, -ta-ted), a. [L. front at us, only in pl. front at i, binding-stones, that show on both sides of the wall, Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigads form. Milton , P. L., ii. 532. See frontal, 5 ( a ). [ME.: see frontier.] Front; fore an earlier form of frontier. let (of horses); prop. adj.: see I.] I. a. 1. Being in front. Loudon.-2. Of or pertaining to the forehead or frons, or to the bone of the forehead: as, the frontal crest of a bird; frontal plates of a reptile. - Frontal angle. See craniometry. -Frontal artery, one of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery, ramifying upon the forehead.-Frontal bone. See frontal, n., 7. - Frontal crest. See crest. - Frontal eminence, the most protuberant part of the frontal bone, on each side, above the supraciliary ridges. - Frontal lobe of the brain. See gyrus, sulcus. Frontal lobe of the carapace of a brachyurous crustacean, the anterior median division.- Frontal nerve, one of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic or first division of the fifth nerve. - Frontal orbit, in entom., that part of the border of the orbit of the eye that forms the lateral margin of the front. - Frontal plane, frontal The countrey.. called Suer, very rich in gold and the Damascenes. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 15. frontes, n. Plural of frons . frontier (fron'ter or fron-ter'), n. and a. [Cf. ME. frounter , front, fore side; front i ere , the frontier, border of a country, F. front ière = Sp. fronter a = Pg. fronteira = It. frontier a , frontier, cf. Pr. fronteira , the forehead, fronter i a , prop. front aria , frontier, front . ] I. n. 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another coun- try; the confines or extreme part of a country bordering on another country; the marches; the border. Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, Or for some frontier ? Shak., Hamlet, iv. 4. frontispiece To maintain the frontiers of the Rhine and the Danube was, from the first century to the fifth, the great object of Rome's European policy and warfare. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 107. The line of Guthrum's Frith was now, therefore, abandoned, and Edward's frontier led from the sea along the valley of the Chelm, straight westward to Hertford, and thence along the brink of the Thames valley. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 190. 2. That part of a country which forms the border of its settled or inhabited regions: as (before the settlement of the Pacific coast), the western frontier of the United States. His nephew, after a night of sleeple thinking, had announced to his uncle his intention of mounting his horse and riding out in search of a field of labor farther out upon the frontier. W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 187. 3t. A fort; a fortification. IMG:content-1886.png:[blocks in formation] 4t. The front or bordering part of anything, as the forehead. Then on the edges of their bolster'd hair, which standeth crested round their frontiers , and hangeth over their faces. Stubbes , Anat. of Abuses. 51. Antagonistic or insolent bearing or aspect. [The sense of the word in the following pa age is disputed. Worcester, get thee gone; for I do see Danger and disobedience in thine eye: O, sir! your presence is too bold and peremptory, And majesty might never yet endure The moody frontier of a servant brow. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 3.] =Syn. 1. Border, Confine, etc. See boundary. II. a. 1. Of or pertaining to a frontier; lying on the border or exterior part; bordering: as, a frontier town. Then he wrote to Sir Bertram of Clesquy, desyring him and his Bretons to kepe fronter warr with the Kyng of Nauer. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. cexix. Although he [Louis XIV.] recognised the right of the Dutch to garrison the frontier towns, he prescribed limits for their barrier wholly different from those which had been guaranteed by England in the treaty of 1709. 21. Fronting; opposite. Lecky , Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 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. Holland, tr. of Ammianus, p. 106. frontiert (fron'ter or fron-ter'), v. [ n.] I. in trans. To form or constitute a frontier; po e territories bordering on or constituting a frontier: with on or upon. II. trans. To place on the frontier; border. It is no more a border, nor front yerd with enemyes. Spenser, State of Ireland. frontier man (fron'teror fron-ter'man), n.; pl. frontier men (-men). Same as frontiersman. Moody frontier men slouch alongside, rifle on shoulder. T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 500. frontiersman (fron'tērzor fron-tērz'man), n.; pl. frontiersmen (-men). One who settles on the frontier or borders of a country, or beyond the limits of a settled or civilized region. We will give them a blow that I pledge the good name of an old frontiersman shall make their line bend like an ashen bow. J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxx i. A large majority of men never come to the rough experiences that make the Indian, the soldier, or the fron tiersman self-subsistent and fearle . Emerson , Courage. Frontignan (F. pron. frôn-te-nyon'), n. [Also written Frontiniac , altered, appar. in imitation of Cognac , from the proper form, F. Fron tignan .] A sweet muscat wine made at Frontignan in the department of Hérault, France. frontingly (frun'ting-li), adv . In a manner so as to front; in a facing position; opposingly. Imp. Dict.