Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fac \Fac\ (f[a^]k), n. [Abbrev. of facsimile.]
A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers,
at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a
book. --Brande & C.
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