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ering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.

In a facing manner or position.

Face to face, or front to front; facing.

Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick. Knight.

Facing each other.

The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Ba…

In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing. Abraham bowed down himself before the people. Gen. xxiii. 12. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord Micah vi. 6.

That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. Fuller.

ress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

work or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. Blackstone.

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

y 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 false learn…

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

wo sets of teeth. See Escapement. -- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. -- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other. -- Duplex q…

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

Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.