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[A contraction for fac - simile (q. v.).] fă-ça de, s. [Fr., from Ital. facciata =the front of a building, from faccia =the face; Lat. facies.] [FACE.] Arch .: The face or front of any considerable building to a street, court, garden, or other place. fāçe, *faas, s. [Fr. face , from Lat. facies ; Ital. faccia ; O. Sp.faz .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) The front part of the head of any animal, more especially of man, consisting of the forehead, eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth, and chin; the visage, the countenance. "He is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a gla ."-James i. 23. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; 11. Mil .: The face of a square is the side of a body of men formed into a square. 12. Ord .: The surface of metal at the muzzle of a gun. 13. Print.: The surface of type from which the impre ion is taken. The character of the face, for size, style, and proportions, gives the name to the type. 14. Steam -engineering: (1) The flat part of a slide-valve on which it moves. IMG:content-1331.png:[blocks in formation] Arch. drawing : The principal or front elevation. face-plate, s. 1. A plate screwed on to the spindle of a lathe, and affording a means of attaching the work to be turned; or a place of attachment for a pin which comes against the dog or driver on the work, and imparts rotation to the latter. 2. A true plane for testing a dre ed surface. *face-royal, s . A royal or kingly face; also the face stamped on the coin called a royal. "He will not stick to say his face is a face - royal ." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., 1. 2. face-value, s. Par value; value expre ed on face of note, . Arch.: The front wall of a building. face-wheel, s . wheel, which has cogs projecting from the periph- ery at right angles to the plane of motion. The term is applicable to a wheel whose face rather than its perimeter is made effective, as in the cog- wheels cited; it is also applied to a wheel the disc- face of which is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap. fāçe, v . t . & i. [FACE, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. To meet in front or face to face; to confront, to brave. "This youth, the joy of Nestor's glorious age, In arms intrepid, with the first he fought, Faced every foe, and every danger sought." 2. To meet with boldne or firmne ; to confront boldly. "And yet a modest comrade led them forth, From their shy solitude to face the world With a gay confidence and seemly pride." IMG:content-1332.png:[blocks in formation] 6. To put a face or appearance on; as, to face inferior tea, by mixing it with coloring matter and other substances, so as to give it the appearance of a better quality and higher value. 7. To lay or place with the face downward. 8. To turn the face in any direction; as, to face a IMG:content-1333.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1334.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1335.png:[blocks in formation] from the upper petals forming a hood, the stamens hypocrite. and pistils, with the lower petals, bearing some fanciful resemblance to a face. ( Britten & Holland .) IMG:content-1336.png:[blocks in formation] "Thou needs must learn to laugh, or lye, To face , to forge, to scoff, to company." tain any a ertion or conduct unblushingly and shamele ly; to brave with effrontery; to carry through an undertaking by effrontery or a urance. "She thinks with oaths to face the matter out ." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew , ii. 1. (2) To face down : To withstand with boldne and effrontery. "Here's a villain that would face me down . He met me on the mart." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors , iii. 1. For the difference between to face and to con- front , see CONFRONT. IMG:content-1337.png:[blocks in formation] facial-plates, s. pl. Anat.: The sub-cranial or pharyngeal plates or arches. [SUBCRANIAL.]