frontage; facade, proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece; anteriority†;
obverse (of a medal or coin).
fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost;
first line; scout.
brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz†, countenance, mut
[Slang]; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore†, jib.
pioneer &c (precursor) 64; metoposcopy†.
V. be in front, stand in front &c adj.; front, face, confront; bend
forwards; come to the front, come to the fore.
Adj. fore, anterior, front, frontal.
Adv. before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead;
forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's
face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front.
Phr. formosa muta commendatio est [Lat.] [Syrus]; frons est animi janua
[Lat.] [Cicero]; Human face divine [Milton]; imago animi vultus est
indices oculi [Lat.] [Cicero]; sea of upturned faces [Scott].