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John Smith, True Travels, I. 40. The parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation. Add is on, Sir Roger at Church. (see faciata , faciate ), faccia = F. face , facies , the face: see facel .] In arch ., a front view or elevation; the chief exterior face of a building, or any one of its principal faces if it has more than one: as, the façade of the Louvre; the façade of St. Peter's in Rome. Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with only a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental façade . C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 136. In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 351. facel (fās), n. [ face , rarely faas , faz , face , F. face = Pr. fatz = Sp. faz , haz = Pg . face = It. faccia , facies , the face, visage, countenance, look, appearance, form, etc.; prob. connected with fax ( fac- ), a torch, face elegant, polite, witty (see facete , etc.), fo cus , a hearth (see focus , etc.), fac , * fa = Gr. * $ a = Skt. bhā , shine: see fable , fame , fate, etc.] 1. The front part of the human head, and by extension of the head of any animal, made up of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin; the visage; the coun tenance. Henry played with Lewis the Heir of France at Che , and winning much Money of him, Lewis grew so cholerick, that he threw the Che -men at Henry's Face . Baker , Chronicles, p. 30. Is not the young heir Of that brave general's family, Giulio, So poor, he dares not show his face in Naples? Sir R. Stapylton , Slighted Maid, p. 19. If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face , and you'll forget them all. Pope , R. of the L., ii. 18. He would not, with a peremptory tone, A ert the nose upon his face his own. Cowper , Conversation, 1. 122. 2. Aspect or expre ion of the face; look; countenance; manner of regard, as implying approval or disapproval: as, he set his face against it.