9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion;
confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false
citations.
Tillotson.
10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in
the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the
front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly
to; from the face of, from the presence of.
11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger;
mostly in Scriptural phrases.
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.
Num. vi. 25.
My face [favor] will I turn also from them.
Ezek. vii. 22.
12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at
which work is progressing or was last done.
13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other
mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for
discount. McElrath.
Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face
guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer.
Face ague (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute
lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain
parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding
muscles; -- called also tic douloureux. -- Face card, one of a pack of
playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or
jack. -- Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse. -- Face
guard, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to
great heat, or to flying particles 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 (Zoˆll.), 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 ‡
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 (?), 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.