temple2 (templ)

[ King Helenus wav'd high the Thracian blade, And smote his temples with an arm so strong The helm fell off, and roll'd amid the throng. Pope , Iliad, xiii. 729. 2. In entom., om., the posterior part of the gena, or that immediately beneath the eye.-3. One of the bars sometimes added to the ends of spectacle-bows to give them a firmer hold on the head of the wearer. See spectacle, 5.-4. An ornament worn at the side of the head or covering the side of the head, mentioned in the fifteenth century as apparently sometimes of needlework, sometimes set with jewels. Fair holt.