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An innkeeper.

An impudent of shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." Shak.

Impudent; shameless.

Having a large face.

Having a plump, short face.

Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.

White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson. So by fa…

The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon (Zoöl.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.

Easily molded; pliable.

A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.

To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

Capable of being effaced.

The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.