Definition of face

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Face (v. t.) 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..

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Face :: Face (n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.
Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull..
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Odontoblast :: Odontoblast (n.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant..
Grafting :: Grafting (n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
Subsoil :: Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil..
Respectant :: Respectant (a.) Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..
Photorelief :: Photorelief (n.) A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations..
Perichondrium :: Perichondrium (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces..
Top :: Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface..
Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes..
Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Stile :: Stilbite (n.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine..
Nap :: Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth..
Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn..
Depolishing :: Depolishing (n.) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain..
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