frontispiece 
Nature, thpu wert o'rseen to put so mean 
\frui:ti:<i>ncc tn such a building. 
W. Cartii-r'ujht, Lady-Errant (1661). 
The facade [of the Cathedral of Orvieto] is a triumph of 
decorative art. It is strictly what Fergusson has styled a 
frontispiece ; for it bears no relation whatever to the con- 
struction of the building. 
J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 102. 
(b) A print or engraving placed in front of the title of a 
book. 
frontless (frunt'les), . [< front + -Zes.] 
Without a face or front; figuratively, without 
shame or modesty; not diffident; shameless. 
[Obsolete or archaic.] 
The most prodigious and most frontless piece 
Of solid impudence. B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 2. 
Oh, frontless man, 
To dare do ill, and hope to bear it thus ! 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iii. 2. 
For vice, though/raises* and of harden'd face, 
Is daunted at the sight of awful grace. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 1040. 
The rancorous and ribald obloquy of thankless and/ronl- 
less pretenders. Swinburne, Study of Shakespeare, p. 128. 
frontlesslyt (frunt'les-li), adv. In a frontless 
manner ; with shameless effrontery ; shame- 
lessly. 
Frontlessly to dictate to the world in such theories as 
are infinitely remote from humane knowledge and dis- 
covery. Bp. Parker, Platonick Philos., p. 82. 
frontlet (frunt'let), n. [< front + -let.'] 1. 
Something worn on the forehead ; specifically, 
among the Hebrews, a phylactery bound upon 
the forehead. 
Thou shalt bind them [the commandments of God] for 
a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets be- 
tween thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. 
2. A band for the forehead; specifically, one 
forming part of the head-dress worn in the fif- 
teenth century and later. It was sometimes of silk 
or velvet, and frontlets of gold are mentioned, which were 
probably of cloth of gold. Frontlets, or bandages, were 
also worn at night to prevent or cure wrinkles. Former- 
ly called frowning-cloth. 
Forsoth, women have many lettes, 
Anil they be masked in many nettes: 
As frontlets, fyllets, partlettes, etc. 
J. Heywood, Four Ps. 
In vain, poor Nymph, to please our youthful sight, 
You sleep in cream and frontlets all the night. 
Parnell, To an Old Beauty. 
3. Figuratively, the look or appearance of the 
forehead. [Kare.] 
How now, daughter ? what makes that frontlet on ? Me- 
thinks, you are too much of late i' the frown. 
Shak., Lear, i. 4. 
4f. The forehead or front. 
But hills of milder air, that gently rise 
O'er dewy dales, a fairer species boast, 
Of shorter limb, and frontlet more ornate, 
Such the Silurian. Dyer, Fleece, i. 
5. Specifically, in ornith., the frons or fore- 
head of a bird in any way marked by the color 
or texture of the plumage: as, the glittering 
metallic frontlet of a humming-bird. See fron- 
tal, n., 7. 
fronto-ethmoidal (fron'to-eth-moi'dal), a. [< 
front(al) + ethmoidal.] Same as ethmofron- 
tal. 
frontomalar (fron-to-ma'lar), a. [< front(al) 
+ malar.] Pertaining to tne frontal and to the 
malar bone: as, the frontomalar suture. 
frontomaxillary (fron-to-mak'si-la-ri), a. [< 
front(al) + maxillary.] Pertaining to the fron- 
tal and to the superior maxillary bone : as, the 
frontomaxillary suture. 
fronton (fron'ton), n. [F. fronton (= Sp. 
fronton = It. frontone), a pediment, breast- 
work, aug. of front, a front: 
see front, n.] In arch., a pedi- 
ment. 
Close to it is a small cave, the whole 
fronton of which over the doorway 
is occupied by a great three-headed 
Naga, and may be as old as the Hathi 
cave. 
J. Ferausson, Hist Indian Arch., 
[p. 139. 
frontonasal (fron-to-na'zal), 
a. [<.frOnt(al) + nasal.] Per- Under Side of Head 
taining to the frontal and nasal Sf inc h u'bation" ! /t"fronto 
region of the head. Also naso- nasai process ; 'i-, cer- 
, 
l -n ebral hemispheres ; a, 
l. Frontonasal process, eye; f . olfactory sacs I 
in embryol., a median projection I. maxillary process; 
which bounds the mouth of the em- '. " * rst and second 
bryo anteriorly, between the lateral SS 
maxillary processes, from which it is cleft, 
separated at first by a notch. It is 
formed by the free anterior ends of the trabeculce cranii 
when these have come together in front of the pituitary 
space. 
The maxillary process is at first separated by a notch 
corresponding with each nasal sac, from the boundary of 
the antero-median part of the mouth, which is formed by 
the free posterior edge of aifronto-nasal process. . . . The 
2390 
notch is eventually obliterated by the union of the/ron(o- 
nasal and maxillary j't-vccggcn, externally. 
11-uxlcij, Anat. Vert., p. _>:(. 
fronto-OCCipital (fron'to-ok-sip'i-tal), a. [< 
frnnt(ul) + occipital.'] Pertaining to the fore- 
head or frontal bone and the occiput : as, the 
fronto-occipital or anteroposterior axis. 
frontoparietal (fron'to-pa-i-re-tal), a. and n. 
[< front(al) + parietal.] "I. a. 1. Of or per- 
taining to the frontal and to the parietal bone : 
as, the frontoparietal suture. 2. Consisting of 
or representing both a frontal and a parietal 
bone. 
The parietal may be one with the frontal, forming a 
fronto-parietal bone, as in the frog and Lepidosiren. 
Stieart, Elem. Anat., p. 100. 
II. n. A bone of the skull of BatracMa and 
some other low vertebrates, consisting of or 
representing both the frontal and the parietal 
bones of other animals. See cut under Anura. 
frontosphenoidal (fron'to-sfe-noi'dal). a. - [< 
front(al) + sphenoidal.'] Pertaining to the fron- 
tal and to the sphenoid bone : as, the fronto- 
sphenoidal suture. 
frpntosquamosal (fron'to-squa-mo'sal), a. [< 
fron t(al) + squamosal.'] Of or pertaining to the 
frontal and to the squamosal : as, the fronto- 
squamosal arch of some reptiles. 
frontwards! (frunt'wardz), adv. [< front + 
-wards.] Toward the front; forward. 
Such as stode in y hinder partes of the battailes were 
ordered to turn their faces from the frontwards. 
J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, fol. 90. 
frontwise (frunt'wiz), adv. [< front + -wise.'] 
Toward the front ; in the direction of the front. 
Though the faces are nearly always represented in pro- 
file, the eyes are shown frontwise, a method of treatment 
which continued in use even on the earlier vases of the 
next period, those with red figures on a black ground. 
Encyc. Brit., XIX. 612. 
frooft, n. [Appar. a var. of "frough, a supposed 
var. of frow*, q. v.] The handle of an auger. 
2fares. 
As you have seen 
A shipwright bore a naval beam ; he oft 
Thrusts at the augur's froofe ; works still aloft ; 
And at the shank help others. 
Chapman, Odyssey, ix. 
froppisht (frop'ish), a. [Another form olfrap- 
pish, q. v.] Peevish; froward. 
His enemies . . . had still the same power, and the 
game malice, and a froppish kind of insolence, that de- 
lighted to deprive him of any thing that pleased him, and 
manifestly pleased itself in vexing him. 
Clarendon, Life, III. 968. 
frore, froren (fror, fro'ren), a. [< ME. frore, 
froren, < AS. froren, pp. of freosan, freeze : see 
freeze*. The pp. frozen, rare ME. frosen, is 
accom. to the pret. froze.] Frozen. [Obsolete 
or archaic.] 
We falleth so flour [as a flower] when hit is frore. 
Specimens of Lyric Poetry (ed. Wright), p. 25. 
My hart-blood is wel nigh frorne, I feele. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., February. 
The parching air 
Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. 
Milton, P. L., ii. 595. 
O rock-embosomed lawns and snow-fed streams, 
Now seen athwart frore vapours. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, i. 1. 
froryt (fro'ri), a. [Irreg.</rore + -yl. Cf . AS. 
freorig, freezing, frozen, chilled, < fredsan, 
freeze: see freeze 1 .] 1. Frozen; frosty. 
Her up betwixt his rugged hands he reard, 
And with hisfrory lips full softly kist. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. viii. 35. 
2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost. 
She us'd with tender hand 
The foaming steed with/rony bit to steare. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, il. 40. 
frosh (frosh), n. [E. dial, (north), < ME. frosJi, 
frosch, assibilated form otfrosk, q. v.] Afrog. 
Nay, lorde, ther is another gitt, 
That sodeuly sewes vs ful sore, 
For tadys arrd/rojMfcw we may not flitte, 
Thare venym loses lesse and more. 
York Plays, p. 84. 
frosk (frosk), n. [E. dial, (also assibilated form 
frosh, q. v.), < ME./rosfc (with term, -sk, in such 
words due to Scand. influence); < lce\. froslcr = 
AS. /rat (for /rose), a frog: see frog 1 .] Afrog. 
Polheuedes [pollheads, tadpoles] and froskes and podes 
[paddocks] spile 
Bond harde Egipte folc. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2977. 
For todes and froslces may no man flyt. 
Totmeley Mysteries, p. 62. 
frost (fr6st), n. [< ME. frost, forst, < AS. forst 
(transposed from the rare frost) = OS. frost = 
OFries. forst = D. vorst = MLG. i-rost = OHG. 
frost, MHG. vrost, G. frost = Icel. Sw. Dan. 
frost-bite 
frost, frost, cold, with formative -/, < AS. frc6- 
."11/1 (pp. /(/> fur -"fruxen). K./m ,.-<-, etc.; cf. 
Goth, frius, frost, cold: see freeze 1 .] If. The 
act of freezing; congelation of fluids; forma- 
tion of ice. 
No flower U so freshe, but frost can it deface. 
Gascoiffne, Flowers. 
2. That state or temperature of the air which 
occasions freezing or the congelation of water; 
severe cold or freezing weather. 
As colde as any f route now waxeth she. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2684. 
\Vhan thei hadde souped thei cloded hem warme as thei 
myght, for the/nwrte was grete, and the mone shone clere. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. Hi). 
Tlie third day comes & frost, a killing frost. 
Shalt., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
The river was dumb and could not speak, 
For the frost's swift shuttles its shroud had spun. 
Lowell, Visiot of Sir Launfal, ii. 203. 
8. A covering of minute ice-needles formed from 
the atmosphere at night upon the ground and 
on exposed objects when they have cooled by 
radiation below the dew-point and the dew- 
point is below the freezing-point. Also called 
hoarfrost, white frost, and rime. 
Seed time and harvest, heat and hoary frost, 
Shall hold their course. Milton, P. L., xi. 899. 
There's not a flower on all the hills ; the frost Is on the 
pane. Tennyson, May Queen (New Year's Eve). 
4. The state or condition of being frozen : said 
of the surface of the ground : as, the frost ex- 
tends to a depth of ten inches. 
In the shade there is still frost in the ground. 
C. D. Warner, Spring in New England. 
6. Figuratively, coldness or severity of manner 
or feeling. 
One of those moments of intense feeling when the frost 
of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. Scott. 
Black frost, an intense frost by which vegetation is black- 
ened, without the appearance of rime or hoar frost 
I opened the glass door in the breakfast-room : the shrub- 
bery was quite still: the black front reigned, unbroken by 
sun or breeze, through the grounds. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, iv. 
Farewell, frost*, an old proverbial phrase intimating in- 
difference. 
Moor. Nay, and you feede this veyne, sir, fare you well. 
Folk. Vfhy,faremU, frost. 
Play of Sir Thomas More, p. 52. 
Farewell, frost ; nothing got, nothing lost 
Ray's English Proverbs. 
Hoar frost. See def. 3. White frost. See def. 3. 
frost (frdst), . [= OFries./rosta = OKG.frosten 
= Icel.frysta = ODan./roste = Sw. dial.^j-osta ; 
from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To injure by 
frost. [Rare.] 2. To cover with hoar frost ; 
hence, to cover with something resembling hoar 
frost, as cake with a crust of white sugar; give 
the appearance or color of hoar frost to; lay 
on like hoar frost. 
And helpless Age with hoary, frosted head. 
Parnell, Gift of Poetry. 
When hoary Thames, with frosted oziers crown'd, 
Was three long moons in icy fetters bound. 
Gay, Trivia, ii. 359. 
Gold alloys to be effectually coloured by the German 
process should contain rather more silver than has been 
recommended for the others. . . . The work would other- 
wise be frosted or sweated. 
G. E. Gee, Goldsmiths' Handbook, p. 176. 
3. To sharpen the front and hind parts of (a 
horse's shoes): also applied elliptically to the 
horse itself. It is done to enable the horse to 
travel on ice or frozen roads. 
Borrowed two horses of Mr. Howell and his friend, and 
with much ado set out, after my horses being /ro(e<i, which 
I know not what it means to this day. 
Pepys, Diary, II. 327. 
II. intrans. To freeze ; hence, to become like 
frost through alteration of structure, as glass. 
If the metal be too hot when it drops into the water, 
the glass-drop certainly frosts and cracks all over. 
Birch, Hist. Royal Society, I. 38. 
frost-bearer (frost' bar* 6r), . An instrument 
for exhibiting the freezing of water in a vacu- 
um ; a cryophorus. 
frost-bird (frost'berd), n. 1. The American 
golden plover. fNew England.] 2. Bartram's 
sandpiper ( so misnamed ). Herbert, Field Sports . 
See Bartramia. 
frost-bite (frdst'bit), n. A condition or the 
effect of being partly or slightly frozen, as a 
part of the body. 
Extremes of heat or cold, as seen in burns and scalds or 
in frost-bite, also lead to gangrene. Quain, Med. Diet. 
frost-bite (fr&st'bit), v. t. ; pret. frost-bit, pp. 
frost-bitten, frost-bit, ppr. frost-biting. 1. To 
affect with or as with frost-bite ; nip or wither, 
as with frost. 
