1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the
border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and
cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.]
Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets.
Shak. Frontier
(Fron"tier), a.
1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving.
Frontier
(Fron"tier), v. i. To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; — with on. [Obs.] Sir W.
Temple.
Frontiered
(Fron"tiered) p. a. Placed on the frontiers. [R.]
Frontiersman
(Fron"tiers*man) n.; pl. Frontiersmen A man living on the frontier.
Frontignac
(||Fron`ti*gnac" Fron`ti`gnan") n. [So called from Frontignan, a town in Southern France.]
1. A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan France.
2. (Bot.) A grape of many varieties and colors.
Frontingly
(Front"ing*ly) adv. In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
Frontiniac
(Fron`tin*iac") n. See Frontignac.
Frontispiece
(Fron"tis*piece) n. [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L.
frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.] The part
which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental
figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.
Frontless
(Front"less) a. Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. [Obs.] "Frontless vice."
Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.
Frontlessly
(Front"less*ly), adv. Shamelessly; impudently. [Obs.]
Frontlet
(Front"let) n. [OF. frontelet brow band, dim. of frontel, frontal. See Frontal, n.]
1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.
They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deut. vi. 8. 2. A frown [R. & Poetic]
What makes that frontlet on? Methinks you are too much of late i' the frown.
Shak. 3. (Zoöl.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
Fronto-
(Fron"to-) [L. frons, frontis, the forehead.] (Anat.) A combining form signifying relating to the
forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-
nasal, etc.
