See Also: forelock(medicine)
forelock(1)(dictionary)
forelock(2)(dictionary)
forelock(dictionary)
white forelock(medicine)

grillade (iou) and forelock(1) (iou)


grillade (iou)



grillade noun. M17.
[French, formed as GRILL verb: see -ADE.]
(A dish of) grilled Food; a grill.

forelock(1) (iou)



forelock noun1. OE.
[from FORE- + LOCK noun1.]
A lock of hair growing just above the forehead. OE.
take time by the forelock, take occasion by the forelock, take opportunity by the forelock, etc., [cf. Father Time s.v. TIME noun] not let a chance slip away.
The part of the mane of a horse etc. growing from the poll and hanging over the forehead. E18.
Comb.: forelock-touching, forelock-tugging the action or an act of touching or plucking at one's hair as at the peak of a cap; fig. obsequiousness, servility.