frons

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For the word comes from the Latin frons, "the forehead."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

Linschoten repeats the like, and one of his plates is entitled Habitus Abissinorum quibus loco Baptismatis frons inuritur.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

Tolle vultum, Magdalena, Redivivum obstupe: Vide frons quam sit amœna, Quinque plagas adspice; Fulgem sicut margarit�, Ornamenta rov� vit�: Alleluia resonet!

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Aether et astra velint: frustra velit aether et astra: Ecce negat Pueri frons, oculique negant.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis: frons non percussa, non femur; pedis, quod minimum est, nulla supplosio.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas