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3 definitions found 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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