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of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc. — Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face.
— Face joint (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure. — Face mite (Zoöll.), a small,
elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face. — Face mold, the templet
or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal,
ect. — Face plate. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be
turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane
for testing a dressed surface. Knight. — Face wheel. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A Wheel
whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.
Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. — Face
of an anvil, its flat upper surface. — Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the
shoulder angle. — Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.
— Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. — Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended
between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. Wilhelm. — Face of a square (Mil.), one of
the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. — Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc.,
the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. —
Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to
face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but
then face to face." 1 Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one
another; vis à vis; — opposed to back to back. — To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
— To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. Shak.
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.
Face
(Face), v. i.
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