Roget's Thesaurus. Peter Mark Roget

barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door, hatch,

       cordon; prison &c. 752.

       dike, dyke, ditch, fosse[obs3], moat.

       V. inclose, circumscribe &c. 229.

      #233. Limit. — N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term,

       bourn, verge, curbstone[obs3], but, pale, reservation; termination,

       terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.

       boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of

       circumvallation[obs3]; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus

       ultra[Lat]; sluice, floodgate.

       Adj. definite; conterminate|, conterminable[obs3]; terminal, frontier;

       bordering.

       Adv. thus far, thus far and no further.

       Phr. stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale.

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      #234. Front. — N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia[Lat], frontispiece; anteriority[obs3]; obverse [of a medal or coin]. fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout. brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz[obs3], countenance, mut*[obs3]; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore[obs3], jib. pioneer &c. (precursor) 64; metoposcopy[obs3]. V. be in front, stand in front &c. adj.; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to the fore. Adj. fore, anterior, front, frontal. Adv. before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front. Phr. formosa muta commendatio est [Lat][Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Lat][Cicero]; "Human face divine" [Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Lat][Cicero]; "sea of upturned faces" [Scott].

      #235. Rear. — N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard;

       background, hinterland.

       occiput[Anat], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock,

       posteriors, backside scut[obs3], breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region,

       lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone[obs3]; natch, natch bone.

       stern, poop, afterpart[obs3], heelpiece[obs3], crupper.

       wake; train &c. (sequence) 281.

       reverse; other side of the shield.

       V. be behind &c. adv.; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the rear.

       Adj. back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost[obs3]; postern,

       posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal[obs3].

       Adv. behind; in the rear, in the background; behind one's back; at the

       heels of, at the tail of, at the back of; back to back.

       after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost[obs3], aback, rearward.

       Phr. ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio[It][obs3]; the other side of the

       coin.

      #236. Laterality. — N. laterality[obs3]; side, flank, quarter, lee;

       hand; cheek, jowl, jole[obs3], wing; profile; temple, parietes[Lat], loin,

       haunch, hip; beam.

       gable, gable end; broadside; lee side.

       points of the compass; East, Orient, Levant; West; orientation.

       V. be on one side &c. adv.; flank, outflank; sidle; skirt; orientate.

       Adj. lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting;

       flanked; sideling.

       many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral.

       Eastern; orient, oriental; Levantine; Western, occidental, Hesperian.

       Adv. sideways, sidelong; broadside on; on one side, abreast,

       alongside, beside, aside; by the side of; side by side; cheek by jowl &c.

       (near) 197; to windward, to leeward; laterally &c. adj.; right and left; on

       her beam ends.

       Phr. "his cheek the may of days outworn" [Shakespeare].

      #237. Contraposition. — N. contraposition[obs3], opposition;

       polarity; inversion &c. 218; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart;

       antipodes; opposite poles, North and South.

       antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14.

       V. be opposite &c. adj.; subtend.

       Adj. opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal,

       subcontrary[obs3]; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.

       Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic; Southern, Austral, antarctic.

       Adv. over, over the way, over against; against; face to face, vis-a-

       vis; as poles asunder.

      #238. Dextrality. — N. dextrality[obs3]; right, right hand; dexter,

       offside, starboard.

       Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal[obs3], dextrorse[obs3];

       ambidextral[obs3], ambidextrous; dextro-.

       Adv. dextrad[obs3], dextrally[obs3].

      #239. Sinistrality. — N. sinistrality[obs3]; left, left hand, a

       gauche; sinister, nearside[obs3], larboard, port.

       Adj. left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal[obs3],

       sinistrorse[obs3], sinistrous[obs3];

       Pref. laevo-.

       Adv. sinistrally, sinistrously[obs3].

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      #240. Form. — N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration;

       make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's

       jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c. (outline) 230; structure

       &c. 329; plasmature[obs3].

       feature, lineament, turn; phase &c. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude,

       pose.

       [Science of form] morphism.

       [Similarity of form] isomorphism.

       forming &c. v.; formation, figuration, efformation[obs3]; sculpture;

       plasmation[obs3].

       V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform[obs3], carve, cut, chisel,

       hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick

       into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold,

       sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c. (construct) 161.

       Adj. formed &c. v.

       [Receiving form] plastic, fictile[obs3]; formative; fluid.

       [Giving form] plasmic[obs3].

       [Similar in form] isomorphous.

       [taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c. 149.

      #241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism. — N. amorphism[obs3],

       informity[obs3]; unlicked cub[obs3]; rudis indigestaque moles[Lat];

       disorder &c. 59; deformity &c. 243.

       disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming.

       chaos, randomness (disorder) 59.

       [taking form from surroundings] fluid &c. 333.

       V. deface[Destroy form],