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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Frontlet  \Front"let\,  n.  [OF.  frontelet  brow  band,  dim.  of 
  frontel,  frontal.  See  {Frontal},  n.] 
  1.  A  frontal  or  brow  band;  a  fillet  or  band  worn  on  the 
  forehead. 
 
  They  shall  be  as  frontlets  between  thine  eyes. 
  --Deut.  vi  8. 
 
  2.  A  frown  (likened  to  a  frontlet).  [R.  &  Poetic] 
 
  What  makes  that  frontlet  on?  Methinks  you  are  too 
  much  of  late  i'  the  frown.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  margin  of  the  head,  behind  the  bill  of 
  birds,  often  bearing  rigid  bristles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  frontlet 
  n  :  worn  on  the  forehead  [syn:  {frontal}] 




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