Front (?), n. 1.
(Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon
inclosing the site which is fortified.
2. (Phon.) The middle of the upper
part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less
raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as
the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and
consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation,
§10.
3. The call boy whose turn it is to answer
the call, which is often the word "front," used as an
exclamation. [Hotel Cant]
Front (?), n. [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.
6. That which covers the foremost part of the
head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s
front.
Mrs. Browning.
7. The beginning. "Summer's
front." Shak.
Bastioned front (Mil.), a curtain
connerting two half bastions. -- Front door,
the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal
entrance. -- Front of fortification, the
works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. Farrow.
-- Front of operations, all that part of the
field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by
the army as it moves forward. Farrow. -- To come
to the front, to attain prominence or
leadership.
Front, a. Of or relating to the
front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a
front view.
Front, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fronting.] 1. To oppose face to face; to
oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
You four shall front them in the narrow
lane.
Shak.
2. To appear before; to meet.
[Enid] daily fronted him
In some fresh splendor.
Tennyson.
3. To face toward; to have the front toward;
to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
And then suddenly front the changed
reality.
J. Morley.
4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over
against as, his house fronts the church.
5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to;
as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with
laurel.
Yonder walls, that pertly front your
town.
Shak.
Front, v. t. To have or turn the
face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward
the east.
Front (?), n. 1.
(Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon
inclosing the site which is fortified.
2. (Phon.) The middle of the upper
part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less
raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as
the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and
consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation,
§10.
3. The call boy whose turn it is to answer
the call, which is often the word "front," used as an
exclamation. [Hotel Cant]
