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Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish. -- To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come. -- To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. "Shall w…

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.

ive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

te of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.

Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. "With anxious, acidulent face." Carlyle.

The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

The upper surface of the toes, individually.

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

The entire upper surface of the foot.

Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

ivided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supporting surface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.

g blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.

A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak.