Definition of Crinion

1. Noun. Point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead.

Exact synonyms: Trichion
Group relationships: Brow, Forehead
Generic synonyms: Point

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crinion

cringers
cringes
cringeworthy
cringing
cringingly
cringingness
cringle
cringles
cringy
crinicultural
criniere
crinieres
crinigerous
crinin
crining
crinion (current term)
crinis
crinite
crinites
crinitory
crinivirus
criniviruses
crinkle
crinkle-root
crinkle root
crinkled
crinkleroot
crinkles
crinklier
crinkliest

Literary usage of Crinion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From the Land of the Shamrock by Jane Barlow (1900)
"... lived the families of her brothers-in-law Paddy O'Rourke and Nicholas crinion, of whom she often said self- reassuringly, that, " at all events, ..."

2. Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern by Aleš Hrdlička (1908)
"... 12; face height to nasion, 9.3; face height to crinion. ... 12.5; face height to nasion, П.2; face height to crinion, 18.4; ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"In the Mann case, supra, this same question was considered; and the court, in the course of the crinion. says: "The claim, then, of the defendants, ..."

4. Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru by William Curtis Farabee (1922)
"14. Head breadth: maximum. 15. Head height: auricular. 16. Minimum frontal: between temporal crests. 17. Menton-crinion : chin to hair line. 18. ..."

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