In the sense offace as in reputation, influenced byChinese面子(miànzi) or臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. Seelose face.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; theirfaces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector'sface; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Theirfaces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’
MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps belowface. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J.
1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets -- Sell for how much?”, inrec.collecting.stamps[1] (Usenet):
With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage offace (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps atface.
2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question....”, inrec.collecting.coins[2] (Usenet):
Talking about buying belowface, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at belowface. I'm not going to payface just to drag them to the bank and deposit them.
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to theface of the day.
2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 17:16 from the start, inGuadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN)[5], archived fromthe original on4 December 2022:
Then, the torpedo bombers arrived,but, unlike those that had dealtHornet such a heavy blow,these split their attention betweenEnterprise,South Dakota,Portland, and the rather-bewildered destroyer USSSmith, which got a damaged Kateand its torpedo to theface for its trouble.
1980,AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page163:
An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has nofaces.
Captain Anderson: He has the secrets from the beacon. He has an army of geth at his command. And he won't stop until he's wiped humanity from theface of the galaxy!
(mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
1982 August 28, Mark McHarry, “A Minor Delight”, inGay Community News, volume10, number 7, page12:
For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsomeface akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, shefaced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
(transitive, of an object) To have itsfront closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
It is time the international communityfaced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather thanface the costs of a legal battle.
2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, inRail, page10:
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as itfaces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
I'm breaking down, breaking down at the thought of you I keep breaking down, breaking down over you again I can'tface, can'tface that you’re happier And so, I'm stuck rotting six feet under
(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's menface in their final qualifier.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows,The Discoveries In Crete, page 7:
These upper walls seem mainly to have been formed, not of sun- or fire-baked bricks, as at Gournia or Palaikastro, but of clay or rubble, coated with plaster orfaced with gypsum slabs.
(transitive) Toline near the edge, especially with a different material.
toface the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
Tocover with better, or better appearing,material than themass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
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[…] vide[…] ¶ Aiace[…] ¶ Fra le dardaniefaci arso e splendente ¶ Scagliar rotta la spada, e trarsi l'elmo, ¶ E fulminare immobile col guardo ¶ Ettore che perplesso ivi si tenne
She saw Ajax, burning and shining among the Trojantorches, throw away the broken sword, and take off his helm, and, immobile, stare down Hector, who stood there perplexed.
Inherited fromLatinfacere. The original past participlefapt (< Latinfactus) has been replaced by an analogical form. An alternative third-person simple perfect,fece (< Latinfēcit) was also found in some dialects.[1] The sense of “to cost” is likely aloan translation of Greekκάνω(káno).
