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Fas"cet (?), n. (Glass Making)
A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc.,
to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the
mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also
pontee and punty.

||Fas"ci*a (?), n.; pl.
Fasciæ (#). [L., a band: cf. It.
fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]
1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in
surgery, a bandage or roller.

2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order
or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the
three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See
Illust. of Column.

3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue,
often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger
layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an
aponeurosis.

4. (Zoöl.) A broad well-defined
band of color.

Fas"ci*al (?), a. 1.
Pertaining to the fasces.


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