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forehead

[fawr-id, for-; fawr-hed, for-] Origin

fore·head

[fawr-id, for-; fawr-hed, for-]
noun
1.
the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
2.
the fore or front part of anything.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English forehe(v)ed, Old English forhēafod. See fore-, head
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forehead (ˈfɒrɪd, ˈfɔːˌhɛd)
 
n
the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; browRelated: frontal
 
Related: frontal
 
[Old English forhēafod; related to Old Frisian forhāfd, Middle Low German vorhōved]

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forehead
O.E. forheafod, from for(e)- + heafod (see head).
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forehead fore·head (fôr'ĭd, -hěd')
n.
The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples. Also called brow.

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Forehead definition


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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