(n.) 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.
(n.) A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
(n.) The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
(n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some commentators have described his ship, now facing more delays after a decade in development, as little more than a Heath Robinson machine.
(2) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(3) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
(4) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(5) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
(6) The dilemmas faced by the genetic counsellor are discussed in this variable autosomal dominant condition.
(7) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(8) It was so difficult to keep a straight face when I was filming a sauna scene with Roy Barraclough, who played the mayor of Blackpool.
(9) "We presently are involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits, and as we face increasing competition and gain an increasingly high profile, we expect the number of patent and other intellectual property claims against us to grow," the company said.
(10) In subsequent experiments, both components were found to be significant and additive predictors of face recognition with no residual effect of typicality.
(11) Think of Nelson Mandela – there is a determination, an unwillingness to bend in the face of challenges, that earns you respect and makes people look to you for guidance.
(12) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
(13) The lymphocyte-specific phosphoprotein LSP1 associates with the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane and with the cytoskeleton.
(14) Newspapers and websites across the country have been reporting the threat facing nursery schools for weeks, from Lancashire to Birmingham and beyond.
(15) When faced with a big dilemma, the time-honoured tradition of politicians is to order an inquiry, and that is what Browne expects.
(16) Taking into account the calculated volume and considering the triangular image as one face of the particle, it is suggested that eIF-3 has the shape of a flat triangular prism with a height of about 7 nm and the above-mentioned side-lengths.
(17) What is Obama doing about the prejudice and violence faced by brown people here at home?
(18) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(19) Cameron, who faces intense political pressure from the UK Independence party in the runup to the 2014 European parliamentary elections, believes voters will need to be consulted if the EU agrees a major treaty revision in the next few years.
(20) Uruguay's coach, Oscar Tabárez, had insisted yesterday that his player should face only a one-match ban.
Faying
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fay
Example Sentences:
(1) The GMB had contacts with him via Fulham football club; 'Pal Fayed', the local paper, the Rhondda Leader, called him on their front page.
(2) Cas Anvar is Dodi Fayed, the billionaire boyfriend who died with Diana in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997.
(3) Fay Ballard, daughter of the writer JG Ballard , is describing what happened when her mother, Mary, died of pneumonia, aged 34, on a family holiday in Alicante, Spain.
(4) With Redknapp's and Mandaric's trial now over, it can be revealed that as a result of Operation Apprentice, Storrie was prosecuted, charged with cheating the public revenue in relation to the alleged payment to Faye, and that he and Mandaric were also tried for tax evasion over an alleged termination fee paid to the midfielder Eyal Berkovic via a company, Medellin Enterprises, registered in the British Virgin Islands.
(5) Tony Pulis came down on the side of boldness, recalling Abdou Faye and Andy Wilkinson in defence after suspension in the strongest available line-up.
(6) 1986 Tory MP Tim Smith begins taking cash in brown envelopes from Fayed in return for asking Commons questions and other parliamentary activities.
(7) Fay Ballard in her garden with a sculpture JG Ballard made in the early 1960s.
(8) Conspiracy theories, many put forward by Mohamed Al Fayed, former Harrods owner and father of Dodi Fayed , Diana's companion at the time, who was also killed in the crash on 31 August 1997, were demolished in the course of the much-delayed inquest, held in the high court between October 2007 and April 2008.
(9) To all involved – including our presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the film-makers, and our fans watching worldwide – we apologise.” The Academy said it spent Sunday night and the following day “investigating the circumstances” to “determine what actions are appropriate going forward”.
(10) With his dying breath, Fred Ery identified Floyd "Buzz" Fay as his murderer.
(11) We previously showed that in pupae of Hyalophora cecropia, eight hemolymph proteins (P1 through P8) were selectively synthetized after immunization (Faye et al., Infect, Immun.
(12) "When I reached the age of 34, that was a milestone," says Fay.
(13) Reporter Fay Schlesinger tweeted : "James Harding's departure is a massive loss for us.
(14) Sutherland and Johnson both agreed the picture was Austen; Le Faye did not.
(15) Harrods was sold by Mohammed Al Fayed in 2010 to an investment trust of the Qatari royal family for a reported £1.5bn .
(16) Though it's clear that this was a traumatic experience for Ballard, Fay says that he actually quite liked being in Lunghua camp and based his novel Empire of the Sun on that time.
(17) Peter Barlow's son, Our Simon, is particularly irksome, and Faye, who has been used to address the issue of bullying, has it coming.
(18) "I remember taking it for granted that there would be whisky on his study table at 9am," says Fay.
(19) In his last high profile victory, a year ago, he successfully defended the Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, who was sued by Neil Hamilton over allegations that the former Tory MP took cash for asking parliamentary questions.
(20) Atypical facial pain was first described by Temple Fay in 1927 as a vascular syndrome of dull, throbbing pain situated deep in the eye and malar region often referred toward the ear, lateral neck, and shoulders.