5. (Anat.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the
cranium.
Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a
"tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. Raymond.
{ Fron"tate (?), Fron'ta*ted (?), } a. Growing broader and broader, as
a leaf; truncate.
Front"ed (?), a. Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted
brigades." Milton.
Fron"tier (?), n. [F. frontiËre, LL. frontaria. See Front.] 1. That
part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled
region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country,
bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated
part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.