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"Section F, G and H"

Milton.


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


We wear a face of joy, because

We have been glad of yore.
Wordsworth.


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


In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread.
Gen. iii. 19.


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


We set the best faceon it we
could.
Dryden.


8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of
a sign of the zodiac.
Chaucer.


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


This is the man that has the face to charge
others with false citations.
Tillotson.


10. 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.


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