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Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. Latimer.

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

Having facets.

Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

See Facet, n.

The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

Hypocritical. Shak.

Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.

Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.

Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

Composed of threads. Bacon.

A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill.

Having the structure of a filoplume.

The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.

See Advancing-surface, above.

A walking pace or step.