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n the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land. Sea-coal facing (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized bituminous coal.

the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.

A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver. Miss Edgeworth.

That side of a vessel which is one of the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to Ant: larboard, or Ant: port.

Facing toward the street. Their little streetward sitting room. Tennyson.

p. p. of Sink. Sunk fence, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.

Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum.

from beneath. Undershut valve (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. Knight.

A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath. Bryant.

A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties. Knight.