Definition of face

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Face (n.) 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..

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Tallow-face :: Tallow-face (n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion..
Scutiped :: Scutiped (a.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds..
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred..
Humifuse :: Humifuse (a.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.
Nicking :: Nicking (v. t.) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Joggle :: "Joggle (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like..
Beaver :: Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink..
Silky :: Silky (superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous..
Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare..
Prehnitic :: Prehnitic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzene obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called from the resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammillae on the surface of prehnite..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
Scorch :: Scorch (v. i.) To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
Evenness :: Evenness (n.) The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition..
Color :: Color (v. i.) To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush..
Print :: Print (v. t.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..
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