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

Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.

Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

Double-faced; deceitful. Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. Knight.

Having a thin face.

Having a round, full face.

Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

Having many faces.

way, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

Having a broad, flat face.

Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

White-faced; -- used contemptuously. Clarke.

Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.

Over-bashful; sheepish.

Having one surface; -- said specif. of aëroplanes or aërocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.

Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.

Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.

Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.

Having a pale or white face, as from fright. "Whey-faced cavaliers." Aytoun.