forehead

forehead
    n 1: the part of the face above the eyes [syn: {brow},
         {forehead}]
    2: the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium:
       includes the upper part of the orbits [syn: {frontal bone},
       {os frontale}, {forehead}]
    

Forehead \Fore"head\ (?; 277), n.
   1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the
      brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
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   2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.
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            To look with forehead bold and big enough
            Upon the power and puissance of the king. --Shak.
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   3. The front or fore part of anything.
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            Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. --Milton.
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            So rich advantage of a promised glory
            As smiles upon the forehead of this action. --Shak.
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Forehead
The practice common among Oriental nations of colouring the
forehead or impressing on it some distinctive mark as a sign of
devotion to some deity is alluded to in Rev. 13:16, 17; 14:9;
17:5; 20:4.

  The "jewel on thy forehead" mentioned in Ezek. 16:12 (R.V., "a
ring upon thy nose") was in all probability the "nose-ring"
(Isa. 3:21).

  In Ezek. 3:7 the word "impudent" is rightly rendered in the
Revised Version "an hard forehead." (See also ver. 8, 9.)