Definition of facing

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Facing (n.) 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..

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Prefacing :: Prefacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefac.
Outfacing :: Outfacing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Outfac.
Facing :: Facing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fac.
Before :: Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
Rubble :: Rubble (n.) Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach..
Anticous :: Anticous (a.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily..
Streight :: Streetward (a.) Facing toward the street.
Effacement :: Effacement (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act..
Deface :: Deface (v. t.) To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record..
Surface :: Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surfac.
Facing :: Facing (n.) 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..
Defacement :: Defacement (n.) The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration..
Gantlet :: Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed..
Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver..
Mar :: Mar (v.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface..
North :: North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south..
Basket :: Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Ashler :: Ashler (n.) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick..
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