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Webster 1913 Edition
Frontispiece
Fron′tis-piece
,Noun.
[F.
frontispice
, LL. frontispicium
beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons
front + spicere
, specere
, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio
. See Front
and Spy
.] The part which first meets the eye
; as: (a)
(Arch.)
The principal front of a building.
[Obs. or R.]
(b)
An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frontispiece
FRONT'ISPIECE
,Noun.
1.
In architecture, the principal face of a building; the face that directly presents itself to the eye.2.
An ornamental figure or engraving fronting the first page of a book, or at the beginning.