Face

fās, n. the front part of the head, including forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin: the outside make or appearance: front or surface of anything: the edge of a cutting-tool, .: the part of a coal-seam actually being mined: cast of features, any special appearance or expre ion of the countenance: look, configuration: boldne , effrontery; presence: ( B. ) anger or favour.— v.t. to meet in the face or in front: to stand opposite to: to resist: to put an additional face or surface on; to cover in front.— v.i. to turn the face, as in military tactics—'right face,' .— ns. Face′-ache , neuralgia in the nerves of the face; Face′-card , a playing-card bearing a face (king, queen, or knave); Face′-cloth , a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.— adj. Faced , having the outer surface dre ed, with the front, as of a dre , covered ornamentally with another material.— n. Face′-guard , a kind of mask to guard or protect the face.— adj. Face′le , without a face.— ns. Fac′er , one who puts on a false show: a bold-faced person: ( slang ) a severe blow on the face, anything that staggers one; Fac′ing , a covering in front for ornament or protection.— Face down , to abash by stern looks; Face out , to carry off by bold looks; Face the music ( U.S. slang ), to accept the situation at its worst; Face-to-face , in front of, in actual presence of.— Accept one's face , to show him favour or grant his request; Fly in the face of , to set one's self directly against; Have two faces , or Be two-faced , to be disingenuous; On the face of it , on its own showing: palpably plain; Pull a long face , to look dismal and unhappy; Put a good face on , to a ume a bold or contented bearing as regards; Right face! Left face! Right about face! words of command, on which the soldiers individually turn to the side specified; Run one's face ( U.S. slang ), to obtain things on credit by sheer impudence; Set one's face against , to oppose strenuously; Show one's face , to appear, to come in view; Shut the door in his face , to shut the door before him, refusing him admittance; To his face , in his presence, openly. [Fr. face —L. facies , form, face; perh. from facĕre , to make.]