Definition of facing

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Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..

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Pitching :: Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Trifarious :: Trifarious (a.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum..
Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..
Effacement :: Effacement (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act..
Facing :: Facing (n.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used..
Blur :: Blur (n.) That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance..
Aspectant :: Aspectant (a.) Facing each other.
Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver..
Starboard :: Starboard (v. t.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port..
Opposite :: Opposite (a.) Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange..
Facingly :: Facingly (adv.) In a facing manner or position.
Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..
Basket :: Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..
Surface :: Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surfac.
North :: North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south..
Prefacing :: Prefacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefac.
Streight :: Streetward (a.) Facing toward the street.
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