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1. 4. To turn the face; especially, in mil it. tac tics, to turn on the heel to the right or left, or to a reverse position, as at the word of command, right face, left face, or right about face. When he [the pawn] has faced, either right or left, he only commands the two diagonals towards which he faces (in four-handed che ]. Verney, Che Eccentricities, p. 24. To face about ( mil it.), to turn on the heel so as to face in the opposite direction. Face about , man! A soldier, and afraid of the enemy! Dryden. Our Captain bid us then face about . Reading Skirmish (Child's Ballads, VII. 246). rest adjustable in front on its own shears. It is generally transverse. E. H. Knight. face-mold (fās'mold), n. The name given by workmen to the pattern for marking the plank or board out of which ornamental hand-railings for stairs or other works are to be cut. face-painter (fās'pān"ter), n. A painter of portraits; one who paints the likene of the face. [Rare.] face-painting (fās'pān"ting), n. 1. The act or art of painting faces or portraits; the art of representing faces in painting. [Rare.] Giorgione, the cotemporary of Titian, excelled in portraits or face - painting .