Definition of facing

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Facing (n.) The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.

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Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble..
Aspectant :: Aspectant (a.) Facing each other.
Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Hack :: Hack (n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach..
Defacing :: Defacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defac.
Mar :: Mar (v.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface..
Prefacing :: Prefacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefac.
Surface :: Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surfac.
Razure :: Razure (n.) The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure..
Facing :: Facing (n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl..
Starboard :: Starboard (v. t.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port..
Facing :: Facing (n.) A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.
Outfacing :: Outfacing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Outfac.
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..
Blur :: Blur (n.) That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance..
Before :: Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
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..
Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..
Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver..
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