Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.
I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. --Dryden.
2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak.
3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced backward.
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. --Milton.
4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
{To face down}, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. ``He faced men down.'' --Prior.
{To face (a thing) out}, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. ``That thinks with oaths to face the matter out.'' --Shak.
{to face the music} to admit error and accept reprimand or punishment as a consequence for having failed or having done something wrong; to willingly experience an unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation; as, as soon as he broke the window with the football, Billy knew he would have to face the music. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.
A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. --Gen. ii. 6.
Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. --Byron.
2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.
3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.
4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type.
To set a face upon their own malignant design. --Milton.
This would produce a new face of things in Europe. --Addison.
We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. --Wordsworth.
6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. --Gen. iii. 19.
7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.
We set the best faceon it we could. --Dryden.
8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. --Chaucer.
9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. --Tillotson.
10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.
11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. --Num. vi. 25.
My face [favor] will I turn also from them. --Ezek. vii. 22.
12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.
13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount; most commonly called {face value}. --McElrath.
Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer.
{Face ague} (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic douloureux}.
{Face card}, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.
{Face cloth}, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
{Face guard}, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.
{Face hammer}, a hammer having a flat face.
{Face joint} (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.
{Face mite} (Zo["o]ll.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.
{Face mold}, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, etc., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, etc.
{Face plate}. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.
{Face wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.
{face value} the value written on a financial instrument; same as {face[13]}. Also used metaphorically, to mean apparent value; as, to take his statemnet at its face value.
{Cylinder face} (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.
{Face of an anvil}, its flat upper surface.
{Face of a bastion} (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.
{Face of coal} (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.
{Face of a gun}, the surface of metal at the muzzle.
{Face of a place} (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm.
{Face of a square} (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.
{Face of a} {watch, clock, compass, card etc.}, the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.
{Face to face}. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. ``Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.'' 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to {back to back}.
{To fly in the face of}, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
{To make a face}, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace; -- often expressing dislike, annoyance, or disagreement. --Shak.
Face \Face\, v. i. 1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. ``To lie, to face, to forge.'' --Spenser.
2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.
Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! --Dryden.
3. To present a face or front.
He may also face at least several months more for a 1981 probation violation, officials said.
Former RCA employee Leonard Kampf and current RCA employee Ronald Stevens each pleaded guilty to one felony count and face sentencing April 6.
Margaret Thatcher, one of freedom's greatest champions of the last decade, told me that, while NATO has been fantastically successful, we should be ready now to face new challenges.
Patricia Mathis, 33, his mother, said tears just streamed down her face.
The little blonde boy with a dirt-smudged face was blinking and calm when placed on a gurney and wheeled to a waiting ambulance.
For individuals, the minimum face value of investments in Third World debt tends to be $1 million or more; bankers say the documentation involved in transferring such loans is too complex to justify doing trades much smaller than that.
"It means a lot to put a face with the music," Royal said. "And people saw that I wasn't 112 now, using a walker." These days he's on concert bookings with country kings such as George Strait and Alabama.
If convicted, Turner could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of six counts.
Carol Jong put her best face forward in her college yearbook _ again and again and again.
The sources would not identify the lawmakers whose offices were involved or say who might face charges in the case, the lawmakers or their aides, the newspaper said.
The desegregation of swimming pools, toilets and other facilities once reserved for whites has changed little for millions of blacks who still face prejudice, poverty and hopelessness.
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However, he said he could envision West Germany helping the Soviets retrain thousands of soldiers returning from East Germany, who could face unemployment back home.
The English players face expulsion from international cricket for five years for taking part in the tour.
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But the whole idea of deep dilemmas for the U.S. flies in the face of common sense.
China's admission that agreement could not be reached this year on its bid for membership of the Gatt and the new World Trade Organisation cost its government considerable loss of face.
Even though Congress has approved the Great Plains sale, the plant's high operating costs make its market value questionable in the face of depressed oil and gas prices.
If convicted of the latest charges, Mrs. Holzer could face up to 15 years in prison.
Here is a play about the coal face, written from the inside.
As previously reported, KKR has offered $90 a share in cash for 87% of RJR's stock, plus securities with an intended face value of $90 a share for the remaining 13%.
Twenty years ago, Connecticut lawmakers approved a statewide income tax, only to reverse direction in the face of voter revolt and quickly repeal it.
On Monday, the Bank of France boosted interest rates to defend the franc in the face of the German unit's strength.
"A commander doesn't abandon his ship in stormy weather." _ Noriega responding to questions about whether he would step down in the face of pressure from the United States, May 1988.
In a recent roundtable on the subject, he said that Mr. Bush could face a tight race even if the economy improves next year.
In sentencing them, Logan District Judge Dale L. Prince ordered them to apologize to the congregation or face contempt of court, with a possible year in jail and $500 fine.
"Within two or three days, his face will change," he says.
The pilots face the stiffest opposition from 23,000 machinists, who make up the airline's largest union.
First, he can broadly continue his programme - as Mr Boris Fyodorov, the finance minister, yesterday urged him to do by showing 'political will' in face of the nationalist surge.
In the football battle, the bickering sides will face off again soon in a Minneapolis federal court over the union's antitrust suit.