Fac (fk), n. [Abbrev. of facsimile.] A large ornamental letter used,
esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and
other divisions of a book. Brande & C.
||Fa`Áade" (f`sd" or f`sd"), n. [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. faccia face,
||L. facies. See Face.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the
||principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church
||is said to have its faÁade unfinished, though the interior may be in
||use.
Face (?), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere
to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root
meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.] 1. 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.
A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground.
Gen. ii. 6.
Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.
Byron.
2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from
one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the
bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.
3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or
pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part
of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond
the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from
end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.
4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface,
of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type.
5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether
natural, assumed, or acquired.
To set a face upon their own malignant design.
Milton.
This would produce a new face of things in Europe.
Addison.
We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore.
Wordsworth.
6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose,
and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
Gen. iii. 19.