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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Face \Face\, 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Facing \Fa"cing\, n. 1. A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc., to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface. 2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection. 3. (Arch.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used 4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 5. (Mil.) a pl The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat. b The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right left or about -- chiefly in the pl {Facing brick}, front or pressed brick. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: facing n 1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: {veneer}] 3: a covering that protects the outside of a building [syn: {cladding}] 4: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: {lining}] 5: the act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger" [syn: {face}]
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