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Webster 1913 Edition

Front

Front

(frŭnt)
,
Noun.
[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
.
Shakespeare
His
front
yet threatens, and his frowns command.
Prior.
With smiling
fronts
encountering.
Shakespeare
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
.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare
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

,
Adj.
Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost;
as, a
front
view
.

Front

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare

Front

,
Verb.
T.
To have or turn the face or front in any direction;
as, the house
fronts
toward the east
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Front

FRONT

,
Noun.
[L. frons, frontis; Gr. the nose.]
1.
Properly, the forehead, or part of the face above the eyes; hence, the whole face.
His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
2.
The forehead or face, as expressive of the temper or disposition; as a fold front, equivalent to boldness or impudence. So a hardened front is shamelessness.
3.
The forepart of any thing; as the front of a house, the principal face or side.
4.
The forepart or van of an army or a body of troops.
5.
The part or place before the face, or opposed to it, or to the forepart of a thing. He stood in front of his troops. The road passes in front of his house.
6.
The most conspicuous part or particular.
7.
Impudence; as men of front.

FRONT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To oppose face to face; to oppose directly.
I shall front thee, like some staring ghost, with all my wrongs about me.
2.
To stand opposed or opposite, or over against any thing; as, his house fronts the church.

FRONT

, v.i.
1.
To stand foremost.
2.
To have the face or front towards any point of compass.

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