Search the Dictionary

principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

g; 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. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. Byron.

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.

See Fascia.

Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- Fa"cial*ly, adv. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to th…

The multiplicand. See Facient,

One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Br. Hacket.

The anterior part of the head; the face.

difficult; performable or attainable with little labor. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.

or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. I. Taylor.

The act of facilitating or making easy.

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation. The facility with which government has been overturned in France. Burke .