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noun

Forehead n.

The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

The aspect or countenance; assurance. "To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king."

The front or fore part of anything. "Flames in the forehead of the morning sky." "So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action."

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Etymology of 'Forehead'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forehead" Quotes from Famous Books

... "It's a fair and secret ballot we're striving for. The votes is wrote out and ready, and all we're shy of is a stranger without family ties or business interests to hold the box and do the counting." His deep tones ceased, and he wiped heavy drops from his forehead with his shirt sleeve. "We'd be kind of awful obliged to you," he urged. "The town would be liable to make it two bottles," said the second. The third brought his fist down on the back of a seat and said, "I'll make it that now." "But, gentlemen," ...

— The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories • Owen Wister

... claims to have the key of her doctrines, and there is evidence that she fears that claim. Black magic, which, by the hypothesis, is the use of the most evil forces for the most evil purposes, she does not fear, for it wears its condemnation on its forehead; but mysticism, which accepts her own dogmas and interprets them in a sense which is not her own, which claims a certitude in matters of religion that transcends the certitude of faith, seems to hint that at one point it is possible to undermine her foundations. Hence ...

— Devil-Worship in France - or The Question of Lucifer • Arthur Edward Waite

... Hebrew tefillin). Two small leathern boxes containing parchments inscribed with certain passages of Scripture, worn during morning prayer, one on the forehead and one on the left arm, where they are fastened by means of straps, in a manner carefully prescribed. The wearing of the tefillin is obligatory on all males over thirteen years of ...

— The Promised Land • Mary Antin

... rubbed his forehead perplexedly: 'I can't make head or tail of it,' he said feebly; 'I don't know who they are, or what they write all ...

— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... of a worthy woman, who in the church of St. John of Lyons mistakes a sleeping soldier for one of the statues on a tomb, and sets a lighted candle on his forehead. ...

— The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) • Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

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