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-<p><q>A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many <qex>hands</qex>, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj></p>

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-<p><centered><point26>F.</point26></centered></p>

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-<p><hw>F</hw> <pr>(<ecr/f)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma <?/, which probably had the value of English <it>w</it> consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph\'d2nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically <it>f</it> is most closely related to <it>p</it>, <it>k</it>, <it>v</it>, and <it>b</it>; as in E. <it>f</it>ive, Gr. <grk>pe`nte</grk>; E. wol<it>f</it>, L. lu<it>p</it>us, Gr. <grk>ly`kos</grk>; E. <it>f</it>ox, <it>v</it>ixen ; <it>f</it>ragile, <it>b</it>reak; <it>f</it>ruit, <it>b</it>rook, <pos>v. t.</pos>; E. <it>b</it>ear, L. <it>f</it>erre. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F <sharp/) is a tone intermediate between F and G.</def><br/

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-<p><cs><col><b>F clef</b></col>, <cd>the bass clef. See under <er>Clef</er>.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa</hw> <pr>(f<aum/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tone F.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>fab</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <ety>[shortened form of <er>fabulous</er>.]</ety>  <def>extremely pleasing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <br/

-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fabulous.</syn><br/

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-<p><hw>Fabaceae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies <fam>Caesalpiniacea</fam>; <fam>Mimosaceae</fam>; <fam>Papilionaceae</fam>.</def><br/

-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Leguminosae, family <fam>Leguminosae</fam>, family <fam>Fabaceae</fam>, legume family, pea family.</syn><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa*ba"ceous</hw> <pr>(f<adot/*b<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>faba</ets> bean.]</ety> <def>Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Fa*bel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabellae</plw> <pr>(-l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>faba</ets> a bean.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Fabianus</ets>, <ets>Fabius</ets>, belonging to Fabius.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, <person>Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus</person>; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.</def><br/

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-<p><cs><col><b>Fabian policy</b></col>, <cd>a policy like that of <person>Fabius Maximus</person>, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled <persfn>Hannibal</persfn>, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.</def></p>

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-<p><q>The <qex>Fabian</qex> Society proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action.</q>  <rj><qau>William Clarke.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fabiana</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.</def><br/

-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Fabiana</gen>.</syn><br/

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-<p><hw>Fabianism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the principles and beliefs of or similar to those of the Fabian Society, advocating socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law.</def> <mark>[British]</mark><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw> <pr>(f<amac/"b'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>fabula</ets>, fr. <ets>fari</ets> to speak, say. See <er>Ban</er>, and cf. <er>Fabulous</er>, <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue.  See the Note under <er>Apologue</er>.</def><br/

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-<p><q>Jotham's <qex>fable</qex> of the trees is the oldest extant.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><note>  A <ex>fable</ex> may have talking animals anthropomorphically cast as humans representing different character types, sometimes illustrating some moral principle; <as>as, Aesop's <ex>Fables</ex></as>.</note><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.</def><br/

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-<p><q>The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or <qex>fable</qex> as may be most suitable to the moral.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.</def> \'bdOld wives' <xex>fables</xex>. \'b8  <rj><au>1 Tim. iv. 7.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><q>We grew<br/

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-<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fiction; untruth; falsehood.</def><br/

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-<p><q>It would look like a <qex>fable</qex> to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.</def> \'bdHe <xex>Fables</xex> not.\'b8  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><q>Vain now the tales which <qex>fabling</qex> poets tell.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><q>He <qex>fables</qex>, yet speaks truth.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.</def><br/

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-<p><q>The hell thou <qex>fablest</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"bler</hw> <pr>(f<amac/"bl<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`bli`au"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabliaux</plw> <pr>(-<osl/")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. OF.<ets>fablel</ets>, dim. of <ets>fable</ets> a fable.]</ety> <fld>(Fr. Lit.)</fld> <def>One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\'8ares, or early poets of the north of France.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw> <pr>(f<acr/b"r<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrica</ets> fabric, workshop: cf. F. <ets>fabrique</ets> fabric. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; <as>as cloth of a beautiful <ex>fabric</ex></as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is fabricated</def>; <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Framework; structure; edifice; building.</def><br/

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-<p><q>Anon out of the earth a <qex>fabric</qex> huge<br/

-Rose like an exhalation.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

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-<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, whether vegetable, animal, or synthetic; manufactured cloth; <as>as, silks or other <ex>fabrics</ex>; made of a <ex>fabric</ex> that is 50% cotton and 50% polyester</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act of constructing; construction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/

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-<p><q>Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the <qex>fabric</qex> of the churches for the poor.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; <as>as, the <ex>fabric</ex> of the universe</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><q>The whole vast <qex>fabric</qex> of society.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabricked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabricking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To frame; to build; to construct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bd<xex>Fabric</xex> their mansions.\'b8  <rj><au>J. Philips.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ri*cant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; a manufacturer.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabricated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabricating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fabricari</ets>, <ets>fabricare</ets>, to frame, build, forge, fr. <ets>fabrica</ets>. See <er>Fabric</er>, <er>Farge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a bridge or ship</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> woolens</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a lie or story</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><q>Our books were not <qex>fabricated</qex> with an accomodation to prevailing usages.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>fabricated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; <as>as, a <ex>fabricated</ex> excuse for his absence</as>.</def><br/

-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up.</syn><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab`ri*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabrication</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; <as>as, the <ex>fabrication</ex> of a bridge, a church, or a government</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is fabricated; a falsehood; <as>as, the story is doubtless a <ex>fabrication</ex></as>.</def></p>

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-<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Fiction</er>.</syn><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.</def><br/

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-<p><q>The <qex>fabricator</qex> of the works of Ossian.</q> <rj><qau>Mason.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"ri*ca`tress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who fabricates.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"rile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrilis</ets>, fr. <ets>faber</ets> workman. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; <as>as, <ex>fabrile</ex> skill</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"u*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliste</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fabula</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>One who invents or writes fables.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"u*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fabulized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fabulizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fabuliser</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.</def>  <rj><au>G. S. Faber.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab`u*los"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulositas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fabulosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fabulousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Abbot.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fabulous or fictitious story.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fab"u*lous</hw> <pr>(f<acr/b"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabulosus</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabuleux</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> description; a <ex>fabulous</ex> hero.</as></def><br/

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-<p><q>The <qex>fabulous</qex> birth of Minerva.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>beyond belief; exceedingly great; <as>as, a <ex>fabulous</ex> price</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><cs><col><b>Fabulous age</b></col>, <cd>that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; <as>as, the <ex>fabulous</ex> age of Greece and Rome</as>.</cd></cs></p>

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-<p><hw>Fab"ur*den</hw> <pr>(f<acr/b"<ucr/r*d<eit/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>faux bourdon</ets>. See <er>False</er>, and <er>Burden</er> a verse.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A succession of chords of the sixth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A monotonous refrain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><hw>Fac</hw> <pr>(f<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. of <ets>facsimile</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`\'87ade"</hw> <pr>(f<adot/`s<adot/d" <it>or</it> f<adot/`s<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>facciata</ets>, fr. <ets>faccia</ets> face, L. <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. <as>Thus a church is said to have its <ex>fa\'87ade</ex> unfinished, though the interior may be in use.</as></def><br/

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-<p><hw>Face</hw> <pr>(f<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>facies</ets> form, shape, face, perh. from <ets>facere</ets> to make (see <er>Fact</er>); or perh. orig. meaning <ets>appearance</ets>, and from a root meaning <ets>to shine</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>fancy</ets>.  Cf. <er>Facetious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/

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-<p><q>A mist . . . watered the whole <qex>face</qex> of the ground.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 6.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><q>Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal <qex>face</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, a cube has six <ex>faces</ex></as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; <as>as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches <ex>face</ex></as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The style or cut of a type or font of type.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.</def><br/

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-<p><q>To set a <qex>face</qex> upon their own malignant design.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><q>This would produce a new <qex>face</qex> of things in Europe.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><q>We wear a <qex>face</qex> of joy, because<br/

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-<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.</def><br/

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-<p><q>In the sweat of thy <qex>face</qex> shalt thou eat bread.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. iii. 19.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.</def><br/

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-<p><q>We set the best <qex>face</qex>on it we could.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.</def><br/

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-<p><q>This is the man that has the <qex>face</qex> to charge others with false citations.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, <xex>before the face of</xex>, in the immediate presence of; <xex>in the face of</xex>, before, in, or against the front of; <as>as, to fly <ex>in the face of</ex> danger</as>; <xex>to the face of</xex>, directly to; <xex>from the face of</xex>, from the presence of.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.</def><br/

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-<p><q>The Lord make his <qex>face</qex> to shine upon thee.</q> <rj><qau>Num. vi. 25.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><q>My <qex>face</qex> [favor] will I turn also from them.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. vii. 22.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount; most commonly called <altname>face value</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><note><hand/ <xex>Face</xex> is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, <xex>face</xex> guard or <xex>face</xex>-guard; <xex>face</xex> cloth; <xex>face</xex> plan or <xex>face</xex>-plan; <xex>face</xex> hammer.</note><br/

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-<p><cs><col><b>Face ague</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>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 <altname>tic douloureux</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Face card</b></col>, <cd>one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.</cd> -- <col><b>Face cloth</b></col>, <cd>a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.</cd> -- <col><b>Face guard</b></col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col><b>Face hammer</b></col>, <cd>a hammer having a flat face.</cd> -- <col><b>Face joint</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.</cd> -- <col><b>Face mite</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94ll.)</fld>, <cd>a small, elongated mite (<spn>Demdex folliculorum</spn>), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.</cd> -- <col><b>Face mold</b></col>, <cd>the templet or pattern by which carpenters, etc., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face plate</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Turning)</fld> <cd>A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A true plane for testing a dressed surface.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Face wheel</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A crown wheel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.</cd> -- <col><b>face value</b></col> <cd>the value written on a financial instrument; same as <er>face{13}</er>.  Also used metaphorically, to mean <sig>apparent value</sig>; <as>as, to take his statemnet at its <ex>face value</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p><cs>   <col><b>Cylinder face</b></col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of an anvil</b></col>, <cd>its flat upper surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a bastion</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of coal</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a gun</b></col>, <cd>the surface of metal at the muzzle.</cd> -- <col><b>Face of a place</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Face of a square</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Face of a</b></col> <col><b>watch, clock, compass, card etc.</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Face to face</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the presence of each other; <as>as, to bring the accuser and the accused <ex>face to face</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Without the interposition of any body or substance.</cd> \'bdNow we see through a glass darkly; but then <xex>face to face</xex>.\'b8 1 <au>Cor. xiii. 12.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; <xex>vis \'85 vis</xex>; -- opposed to <contr>back to back</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fly in the face of</b></col>, <cd>to defy; to brave; to withstand.</cd> -- <col><b>To make a face</b></col>, <cd>to distort the countenance; to make a grimace; -- often expressing dislike, annoyance, or disagreement.</cd> <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/

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-<p><hw>Face</hw> <pr>(f<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Faced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Facing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>face</ex> an enemy in the field of battle</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><q>I'll <qex>face</qex><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To Confront impudently; to bully.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; <as>as, the apartments of the general <ex>faced</ex> the park; some of the seats on the train <ex>faced</ex> backward</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><q>He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which <qex>faces</qex> Ireland.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; <as>as, a building <ex>faced</ex> with marble</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; <as>as, to <ex>face</ex> the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.</def><br/

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-<p><cs><col><b>To face down</b></col>, <cd>to put down by bold or impudent opposition.</cd> \'bdHe <xex>faced</xex> men <xex>down</xex>.\'b8 <au>Prior.</au> -- <col><b>To face (a thing) out</b></col>, <cd>to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct.</cd>  \'bdThat thinks with oaths <xex>to face</xex> the matter <xex>out</xex>.\'b8 <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>to face the music</b></col> <cd>to admit error and accept reprimand or punishment as a consequence for having failed or having done something wrong; to willingly experience an unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation; <as>as, as soon as he broke the window with the football, Billy knew he would have to <ex>face the music</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p><hw>Face</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.</def> \'bdTo lie, to <xex>face</xex>, to forge.\'b8  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn the face; <as>as, to <ex>face</ex> to the right or left</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To present a face or front.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>face-harden</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to harden (steel) by adding carbon.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>face lift</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an operation to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from a person's face.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a renovation that improves the outward appearance, as of a building.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>face-lift</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.</def><br/

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-<p><hw>Fa"cer</hw> <pr>(f<amac/"s<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p><q>There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor <qex>fasers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.</def> <mark>[Collog.]</mark><br/

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-<p><hw>face-saving</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; <as>as, a <ex>face-saving</ex> compromise</as>; -- of actions.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A smooth circumscribed surface; <as>as, the articular <ex>facet</ex> of a bone</as>.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.</def><br/

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-<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.</def><br/

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