I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of
king. --Dryden.
2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak.
3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front
toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general
faced the park.
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain
which faces Ireland. --Milton.
4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put
a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as,
to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
6. 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.
7. (Mach.) 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.
8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a
particular direction.
{To face down}, to put down by bold or impudent opposition.
``He faced men down.'' --Prior.
{To face (a thing) out}, to persist boldly or impudently in
an assertion or in a line of conduct. ``That thinks with
oaths to face the matter out.'' --Shak.
2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or
protection.
3. (Arch.) 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.
4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous
coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with
the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to
the casting.
5. (Mil.)
(a) pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; --
commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
(b) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to
the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
{Facing brick}, front or pressed brick.