Part 4124

<hw>Face</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>facies</ets> form, shape, face, perh. from <ets>facere</ets> to make (see <er>Fact</er>); or perh. orig. meaning <ets>appearance</ets>, and from a root meaning <ets>to shine</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>fancy</ets>. Cf. <er>Facetious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>A mist . . . watered the whole <b>face</b> of the ground. <i>Gen. ii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal <b>face</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, a cube has six <ex>faces</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; <as>as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches <ex>face</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The style or cut of a type or font of type.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.</def>

<blockquote>To set a <b>face</b> upon their own malignant design. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This would produce a new <b>face</b> of things in Europe. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We wear a <b>face</b> of joy, because We have been glad of yore. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.</def>

<blockquote>In the sweat of thy <b>face</b> shalt thou eat bread. <i>Gen. iii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.</def>

<blockquote>We set the best <b>face</b>on it we could. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.</def>

<blockquote>This is the man that has the <b>face</b> to charge others with false citations. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, <i>before the face of</i>, in the immediate presence of; <i>in the face of</i>, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly <ex>in the face of</ex> danger; <i>to the face of</i>, directly to; <i>from the face of</i>, from the presenceof.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord make his <b>face</b> to shine upon thee. <i>Num. vi. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My <b>face</b> [favor] will I turn also from them. <i>Ezek. vii. 22.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.</def><-- = face value -->

<i>McElrath.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Face</i> is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, <i>face</i> guard or <i>face</i>-guard; <i>face</i> cloth; <i>face</i> plan or <i>face</i>-plan; <i>face</i> hammer.</note>

<cs><col>Face ague</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>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 <altname>tic douloureux</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Face card</col>, <cd>one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.</cd> -- <col>Face cloth</col>, <cd>a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.</cd> -- <col>Face guard</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Face hammer</col>, <cd>a hammer having a flat face.</cd> -- <col>Face joint</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.</cd> -- <col>Face mite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94ll.)</fld>, <cd>a small, elongated mite (<spn>Demdex folliculorum</spn>), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.</cd> -- <col>Face mold</col>, <cd>the templet or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, ect.</cd> -- <col>Face plate</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Turning)</fld> <cd>A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A true plane for testing a dressed surface. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Face wheel</col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A crown wheel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.</cd></cs><-- face value = face, 13. Also used metaphorically, = apparent value: "Take at its face value" -->

<cs> <col>Cylinder face</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.</cd> -- <col>Face of an anvil</col>, <cd>its flat upper surface.</cd> -- <col>Face of a bastion</col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.</cd> -- <col>Face of coal</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. -- <col> Face of a gun</col>, <cd>the surface of metal at the muzzle.</cd> -- <col>Face of a place</col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. <i>Wilhelm</i>.</cd> -- <col>Face of a square</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Face of a</col> <col>watch, clock, compass, card etc.</col></mcol>, <cd>the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.</cd> -- <col>Face to face</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused <i>face to face<i>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then <i>face to face<i>." 1 <i>Cor. xiii. 12</i>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; <i>vis \'85 vis<i>; -- opposed to <contr>back to back</contr>.</cd> -- <col>To fly in the face of</col>, <cd>to defy; to brave; to withstand.</cd> -- <col>To make a face</col>, <cd>to distort the countenance; to make a grimace.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></cs>