Frontlet

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  • noun. An ornament or band worn on the forehead as a phylactery.
  • noun. The forehead of an animal.
  • noun. The forehead of a bird when of a different color or texture of plumage.
  • noun. An ornamental border for a frontal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Something worn on the forehead; specifically, among the Hebrews, a phylactery bound upon the forehead.
  • noun. A band for the forehead; specifically, one forming part of the head-dress worn in the fifteenth century and later.
  • noun. Figuratively, the look or appearance of the forehead.
  • noun. The forehead or front.
  • noun. Specifically, in ornithology, the frons or forehead 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 frontal, n., 7.
  • noun. The skin which covers the forehead of a mammal, particularly of a ruminant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.
  • noun. A frown (likened to a frontlet).
  • noun. The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The forehead.
  • noun. The forehead of an animal, especially of a deer or stag (including the antlers).
  • noun. An ornament worn on the forehead.
  • noun. A bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an adornment worn on the forehead
  • Word Usage
    "One kind or phylactery was called a "frontlet," and was composed of four pieces of parchment; on the first of which was written, Ex 12: 2-10; on the second, Ex 12: 11-21; on the third, De"
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