Definition of face

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Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line..

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Gill :: Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom..
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
Crown Wheel :: Crown wheel () A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.
But :: But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge..
Outward :: Outward (a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
Round :: Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills..
Shadd :: Shadd (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein..
Right-about :: Right-about (n.) A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about..
Hackly :: Hackly (a.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron..
Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained..
Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
Confrontment :: Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
Camera Lucida :: Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope..
Glutinous :: Glutinous (a.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland..
Platter-faced :: Platter-faced (a.) Having a broad, flat face..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To ridicule to the face; to quiz.
Tangent :: Tangent (v. t.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function..
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