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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.
To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the
power and puissance of the king. --Shak.
3. The front or fore part of anything
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. --Milton.
So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon
the forehead of this action --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
forehead
n 1: the part of the face above the eyes [syn: {brow}]
2: the large cranial bone forming the front part of the
cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits
[syn: {frontal bone}, {os frontale}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.)
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