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Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser.

ut of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

eparated and diversified on from another. Locke. Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor.

A solid having twelve faces.

A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

ull of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.:

A blow on the face. [Low] Colman.

A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends th…

aust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie. Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacio…

A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey.…

lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. J. R. Green.

A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.