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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), verb (used with an object) [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Facing \Fa"cing\, noun
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, etc., 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) 2.0 [wn]:
facing
noun
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 protective 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "facing": across, against, antipodal, antithetic, bush, bushing, coat, coating, confronting, contra, contrapositive, converse, doubling, doublure, enamel, eyeball-to-eyeball, facade, filler, filling, film, forward, forwards, front, fronting, frontward, frontwards, fur, headward, headwards, in front of, in opposition to, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, inverse, lacquer, liner, lining, obverse, onward, onwards, opposing, opposite, opposite to, over, over against, overlay, packing, padding, paint, pellicle, polar, polaric, polarized, reverse, revetment, scale, scum, skin, stuffing, surface, toward, vanward, varnish, veneer, versus, vis-a-vis, wadding, wainscot
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