forehead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forehead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for forehead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forehead n the part of the face above the eyes [syn: brow, forehead] the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits Synonym(s): frontal bone, os frontale, forehead
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 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.)