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Face [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view of a spectator; as the face of the earth; the face of the waters.

2. A part of the surface of a thing; or the plane surface of a solid. Thus, a cube or die has six faces an octahedron has eight faces.

3. The surface of the fore part of an animals head, particularly of the human head; the visage.

4. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Genesis 3:19 .

5. Joseph bowed himself with his face to the earth. Genesis 48:11 .

6. Countenance; cast of features; look; air of the face

7. We set the best face on it we could.

8. The front of a thing; the forepart; the flat surface that presents itself first to view; as the face of a house. Ezekiel 41:14 .

9. Visible state; appearance.

10. This would produce a new face of things in Europe.

11. Appearance; look.

12. Nor heaven, nor sea, their former face retained.

13. His dialogue has the face of probability.

14. State of confrontation. The witnesses were presented face to face

15. Confidence; boldness; impudence; a bold front.

16. He has the face to charge others with false citations.

17. Presence; sight; as in the phrases, before the face in the face to the face from the face

18. The person.

19. I had not thought to see thy face Genesis 48:11 .

20. In scripture, face is used for anger or favor.

21. Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne. Revelations 6.

22. Make thy face to shine on thy servant. Psalms 31:16 .

23. How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Psalms 13:1 .

24. Hence, to seek the face that is, to pray to, to seek the favor of.

25. To set the face against, is to oppose.

26. To accept ones face is to show him favor or grant his request. So, to entreat the face is to ask favor; but these phrases are nearly obsolete.

27. A distorted form of the face; as in the phrase, to make faces, or to make wry faces.

28. FACE to face

29. When both parties are present; as, to have accusers face to face Acts 25:16 .

30. Nakedly; without the interposition of any other body.

31. Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face 1 Corinthians 13:12 .

Face [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.

2. To lie, to face to forge.

3. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

Face [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.

2. I'll face this tempest, and deserve the name of king.

3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front towards. The colleges in New Haven face the public square.

4. To cover with additional superficies; to cover in front; as a fortification faced with marble; to face a garment with silk.

5. To face down, to oppose boldly or impudently.

Face [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.

2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.

3. The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.

4. That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.

5. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

6. The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.

7. The style or cut of a type or font of type.

8. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.

9. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.

10. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.

11. Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.

12. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.

13. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.

14. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.

15. The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.

16. The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.

Face [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.

2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

3. To present a face or front.

Face [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. To Confront impudently; to bully.

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.

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

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.

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.

7. 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.

8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.

Face Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

Moses begs of God to show him his face, or to manifest his glory; he replies, “I will make all my goodness pass before thee,” and I will proclaim my name; “but my face thou canst not see; for there shall no man see it and live!” The persuasion was very prevalent in the world, that no man could support the sight of Deity, Genesis xvi, 13; xxxii, 30; Exod. xx, 19; xxiv, 11; Judges vi, 22, 23. We read that God spake mouth to mouth with Moses, even apparently, and not in dark speeches, Numbers xii, 8; “The Canaanites have heard that thou art among thy people, and seen face to face,” Numbers xiv, 14. God talked with the Hebrews “face to face out of the midst of the fire,” Deut. v, 4. All these places are to be understood simply, that God so manifested himself to the Israelites, that he made them hear his voice as distinctly as if he had appeared to them face to face; but not that they actually saw more than the cloud of glory which marked his presence. The face of God denotes sometimes his anger: “The face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” “As wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the face of God,” Psalm lxviii, 2. To turn the face upon any one, especially when connected with the light or shining of the countenance, are beautiful representations of the divine kindness and condescension. To regard the face of any one, is to have respect of persons, Proverbs xxviii, 21. The Apostle, speaking of the difference between our knowledge of God here and in heaven, says, “Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face,” 1 Cor. xiii, 12; by which he shows the vast difference between our seeing or knowing God and divine things by an imperfect revelation to faith, and by direct vision. This observation of the Apostle ...

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Facecloth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.

Faced [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covered in front. In composition, denoting the kind of face; as full-faced.

Faced [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

Faced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Face

Faceless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Without a face.

Facepainter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A painter of portraits; one who draws the likeness of the face.

Facepainting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act or art of painting portraits.

Facet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A little face; a small surface; as the facets of a diamond.

Facet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

2. A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

3. The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

4. One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Facet [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

Facete [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Gay; cheerful. [Not in use.]

Facete [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Facetious; witty; humorous.

Faceted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having facets.

Faceted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Facet

Faceteness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wit; pleasant representation. [Not used.]

Facetiae [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Faceting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Facet

Facetious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Merry; sportive; jocular; sprightly with wit and good humor; as a facetious companion.

2. Witty; full of pleasantry playful; exciting laughter; as a facetious story; a facetious reply.

Facetious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.

Facetiously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Merrily; gaily; wittily; with pleasantry.

Facetiousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Sportive humor; pleasantry; the quality of exciting laughter or good humor.

Facette [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Facet, n.

Facework [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

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Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 6:1

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 7:18

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 7:23

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

Genesis 8:8

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Genesis 11:9

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.