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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as:

2. An ornamental band for the hair.

3. A little pediment over a door or window.

4. A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.

5. A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] Quincy.

6. The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. Raymond.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.),

2. Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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