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"Section F, G and H"


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


The Lord make his face to shine upon
thee.
Num. vi. 25.


My face [favor] will I turn also from
them.
Ezek. vii. 22.


12. (Mining) The end or wall of the
tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was
last done.


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

McElrath.


&fist; Face is used either adjectively or as part of a
compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face
cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer.


Face ague (Med.), a form of
neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at
intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing
convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also
tic douloureux.
-- Face card, one
of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the
king, queen, or jack.


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