facing
    n 1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation
         or strengthening
    2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing, veneer]
    3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
       [syn: facing, cladding]
    4: providing something with a surface of a different material
       [syn: lining, facing]

Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faced; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Facing.]
   1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or
      to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to
      confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field
      of battle.
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            I'll face
            This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
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            I will neither be facednor braved.    --Shak.
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   3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front
      toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general
      faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced
      backward.
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            He gained also with his forces that part of Britain
            which faces Ireland.                  --Milton.
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   4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put
      a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
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   5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as,
      to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
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   6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than
      the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the
      surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
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   7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth;
      to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in
      turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as
      distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
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   8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a
      particular direction.
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   To face down, to put down by bold or impudent opposition.
      "He faced men down." --Prior.

   To face (a thing) out, to persist boldly or impudently in
      an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with
      oaths to face the matter out." --Shak.

   to face the music to admit error and accept reprimand or
      punishment as a consequence for having failed or having
      done something wrong; to willingly experience an
      unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation;
      as, as soon as he broke the window with the football,
      Billy knew he would have to face the music.
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Facing \Fa"cing\, n.
   1. A covering 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.
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   2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or
      protection.
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   3. (Arch.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material
      different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or
      the coating or material so used.
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   4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous
      coal, etc., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with
      the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to
      the casting.
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   5. (Mil.)
      (a) pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; --
          commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
      (b) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to
          the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
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   Facing brick, front or pressed brick.
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