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Facing   /fˈeɪsɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Facing  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.
2.
A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.
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.
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.
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.
Facing brick, front or pressed brick.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Facing" Quotes from Famous Books



... Life is not terrible but is full of joy. Listen to me. I passed by while she spake, and I saw that a fear lay upon every man, and you shivered thinking of your homeward path, fearful as rabbits of the unseen things, and forgetful how you have laughed at death facing the monsters who crush down the forests. Do you not know that you are greater than all these spirits before who you bow in dread; your life springs from a deeper source. Answer me, priestess, where go the fire-spirits ...
— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell
... the Quaker city, facing the broad and beautiful Delaware river, stood a venerable mansion; but few of this class now remain in Philadelphia, and the one of which we now speak, but recently passed away, in the great conflagration that visited the city in 1850. In this substantial and stately brick edifice, lived one ...
— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley
... I'm the weak old sinner to doubt and fear," was the broken answer. "But he's only a bit of a boy, my own little laddie,—only a wee bit of a boy, that never saw trouble or danger in his life. To be facing this beside a dying man,—ah, God have ...
— Killykinick • Mary T. Waggaman
... their little booths. The Hebrew pedlar of gems closed his box and effaced himself, leaving the steps about the well clear for the most prominent patrons of the market. These hastened to assemble there, surrounding it and facing outwards, whilst the rest of the crowd was ranged against the southern and western walls ...
— The Sea-Hawk • Raphael Sabatini
... yelled and swore, the boat's crews shrieked, and the black babies howled. Each baby was strapped between the shoulders of the mother. A mammy-chair is like one of those two-seated swings in which people sit facing one another. If to the shoulders of each person in the swing was tied a baby, it is obvious that should the swing bump into anything, the baby would get the worst of it. That is what happened in the mammy-chair. Every time the chair spun around, the head of a baby would ...
— The Congo and Coasts of Africa • Richard Harding Davis


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