facer 
Shall the adversaries of the truth hvdiiiiili? Xay; there 
be no greater talkers, nor boasters, aml/ocers, than they 
be. Latimcr, 2cl Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1560. 
You preserve 
A race of idle people here about you, 
Facers and talkers, to defame the worth 
Of those that do things worthy. 
Beau, and l-'l.. Maid's Tragedy, iv. 2. 
2. A severe blow on the face ; hence, any sud- 
den check that staggers one. [Slang.] 
The . . . shepherd . . . delivered a terrific facer upon 
our large, vague, benevolent, middle-aged friend. 
Dr. J. Brown, Rab, p. 2. 
I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had 
hollowed when I got a /ewer. Kingsley, Letter, May, 1856. 
3. A bumper of wine. Halliwell. 
facet 1 (f as'et), H. [Also written/acete, and for- 
merly alsofascet; = D. G. Dan. facette = Sw. 
facett; < F. facette, OF. facete (= Sp. Pg.faceta 
= It. faccetta), dim. of face, face : see face 1 .'] 
1. A little face; a small surface; specifically, 
in lapidary work, a small polished surface, 
usually of some geometrical form ; one of the 
many variously shaped segments or faces into 
which the surface of a gem is broken in order 
to increase its brilliancy. There are various ar- 
rangements of the facets, the choice depending upon the 
shape of the stone, but they may be grouped in three 
classes, styled brilliant cut, rose cut, and trap cut. See 
cuts under brilliant. 
Honour that is gained and broken upon another hath 
the quickest reflection; like diamonds cut with/osceta. 
Bacon, Honour and Reputation. 
His talk, 
When wine and free companions kindled him, 
Was wont to glance and sparkle like a gem 
Of fifty facets. Tennyson, Geraint. 
A young fellow of talent, with two or three .facets to his 
mind. 0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, iv. 
2. In arch., the fillet between the flutings of a 
column. 3. In anat., a smooth, flat, circum- 
scribed articular surface of bone. See second 
cut under dorsal. 4. In entom., the surface of 
an ocellus of the compound eye of an insect; 
also, an ocellus Double-skill facet, in lapidary 
work, one of the triangular facets cut in removing the 
lower angle of the foundation squares. Also called bril- 
liant facet. 
These facets are by some lapidaries called double-skill 
facets, from being cut in pairs. 
O. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 228. 
Skill facet, in lapidary work, one of the upper row of 
facets around the table of the stone. See cut under bril- 
liant (fig. 2). 
These triangular facets are called skill facets, from the 
difficulty of placing them correctly. 
0. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 227. 
facet 1 (fas'et), v. t. ; pret. and pp. faceted or 
facetted, ppr. faceting or facetting. [= F. facet- 
ter = Pg. facetar = It. faccettare; from the 
noun.] To cut a facet or facets upon: as, to 
facet a diamond. 
facet 2 t, n. [ME., also/acee<, faucet, < li.facetus, 
elegant, polite, witty: see facete.] A book; 
especially, a child's book of instruction; a 
primer. 
Faceet [var. facet, faucet], booke. Prompt. Parv. 
And he to drawe these chyldren, as well in the schoole 
of facet, as in songe, organes, or suche other vertuous 
thinges. Quoted in Babees Book, p. Ixxvi. 
facetet (fa-set'), . [= OF. facet = Sp. (obs.) 
Pg. It.faceto, < Li.facetus, elegant, fine, polite, 
courteous, witty; prob. connected with/acies, 
face, appearance, form: see /acel.] 1. Choice; 
fine. 2. Pleasant; cheerful; facetious. 
All those that otherwise approve of jests in some cases, 
and facete companions (as who doth not?), let them laugh 
and be merry. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 209. 
A facete discourse, and an amicable friendly mirth, can 
refresh the spirit. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 742. 
"I will have him," continued my father, " cheerful, fa- 
cete, jovial." Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vi. 5. 
faceted, facetted (fas'et-ed),^). a. 1. In lapi- 
dary work, covered with facets, or cut with geo- 
metrical surfaces to enhance the brilliancy, as 
a gem. 
The term brilliant cut, when used alone, is always under- 
stood to imply that the front and back of the stone are 
both faceted. 0. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 228. 
2. Having facets, as the compound eye of an 
insect. See compound eyes, under eyef. 
The individual ocellites are at once recognized ... by 
the facetted appearance of the surface. 
IF. B. Carpenter, Micros., 626. 
facetelyt (fa-set'li), adv. Elegantly; cleverly; 
ingeniously. 
They [the eyes] are the chiefe seates of love, and as 
James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode 
of his, etc. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 461. 
facetenesst (fa-set'nes), . Elegance; clever- 
ness ; ingenuity of expression. 
2111 
Parables do not only by their plainness open the under- 
standing, but they work upon the affections, and breed 
delight of hearing by the reason of that faceteness and wit- 
tiness which is many times found in them. 
Sir M. Hale, Sermon, Luke xviii. 1. 
facetiae (fa-se'shi-e), n. pi. [L., pi. of facetia, 
wit, a jest, witticism, < facetus, witty: see fa- 
cete.] 1. Witty or humorous sayings or writ- 
ings. 2. In booksellers' or collectors' cata- 
logues, books of an objectionable kind, broad, 
coarsely witty, or indecent. 
faceting, facetting (fas'et-ing), . 1. The pro- 
cess of cutting facets, as on a gem. 2. The act 
or art of shaping in facets. 
The skilful and practised workman turning the links of 
gold chains between his thumb and finger with great dex- 
terity and accuracy ; . . . the most perfect-shaped dia- 
monds are being produced. This is called faceting. 
Gee, Goldsmith's Handbook, p. 180. 
facetious (fa-se'shus), o. [= F. facetieux = 
Sp. Pg. facecioso, facetious, < L. facetia, wit: 
see facetia;.'] 1. Sportive; jocular, without lack 
of dignity ; abounding in fun : as, a facetious 
companion. 
The genius of their philosophy was free and facetious. 
Bp. Parker, Platonick Philos. 
There was the usual facetious young man, whose mild 
buffooneries have their use on such occasions. 
C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, xxi. 
2. Full of pleasantry ; playful, but not undig- 
nified; exciting laughter : as, & facetious story. 
When I was last in Paris, I heard of a facetious Passage 
'twixt him [the Duke] and the Archbishop of Bourdeaux. 
Howell, Letters, I. vi. 46. 
'Tis pitiful 
To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; 
To break a jest, when pity would inspire 
Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address 
The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 
When sent with God's commission to the heart I 
Cowper, Task, ii. 470. 
One of the party entertains the rest with the recital of 
some wonderful or facetious tale. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 239. 
= Syn. Merry, Jovial, etc. (see jolly); jocose, humorous, 
funny, droll, comical. 
facetiously (fa-se'shus-li), adv. In a facetious 
manner ; merrily ; waggishly ; wittily ; with 
pleasantry. 
B. answers very facetiously : I must own that a com- 
mand to lend, hoping for nothing again, and a command 
to borrow, without returning any thing again, seem very 
different commands. Waterland, Works, VI. 86. 
facetiousness (fa-se'shus-nes), n. [< facetious 
+ -nm.] The quality of being facetious; sport- 
ive humor ; pleasantry ; the quality of exciting 
laughter or good humor. 
Magnificent in his living, reserved in his conversation, 
grave in his common deportment, but relaxing with a wise 
facetiousness, he [William I.] knew how to relieve his mind 
and preserve his dignity. 
Burke, Abridg. of Eng. Hist., an. 1087. 
facette, n. Seefaeefi. 
facetted, facetting. See faceted, faceting. 
face-value (fas'val"u), n. The value expressed 
on the face, as of a note, 
face-wheel (fas'hwel), n. Same as crown-wheel. 
The late Mr. Larkin, in finishing his beautiful wood mod- 
els of crystals, employed calcined flint pulverized and glued 
upon wooden face-wheels. 
0. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 360. 
fachont, An obsolete form of falchion. 
facial (fa'shal), a. [= F. Pr. facial, < ML. fa- 
cialis, < li. fades, the face: see/ace 1 .] 1. Per- 
taining to the face : as, facial expression : an 
epithet specifically applied in anatomy to many 
structures which compose this part of the head : 
as, a facial artery, bone, muscle, nerve, vein, 
etc. 2. Pertaining to some part of an animal 
like or called the face ; specifically, in entom., 
pertaining to the front of the head, or to the 
part distinguished as the face in the various 
orders Facial angle of Camper, of Cloquet, etc. 
See craniometry. Facial artery, a large branch of the 
external carotid, mounting from the neck over the border 
of the lower jaw just at the anterior margin of the masseter 
muscle, coursing obliquely to the inner canthus of the eye, 
and giving off numerous branches to the parts it traverses. 
Facial axis. See ozisl. Facial bone, any bone com- 
posing the skeleton of the face, as distinguished from a 
cranial bone proper : in human anatomy 14 bones (each 
pair counted as two) are included in this set ; they are 
the two nasal, two superior maxillary, two lacrymal, two 
malar, two palate, two inferior turbinated, vomer, and 
inferior maxillary bones. Facial canal. See canals. 
Facial depression, in entom., a depressed space beneath 
the antennae, seen in many Diptera. Facial ganglion. 
See ganglion. Facial index. Seecraniometrii. Facial 
line of Camper. See craniometry. Facial nerve, the 
nerve of expression ; the motor nerve of the muscles of 
the face, formerly known as the portio dura of the seventh 
cranial nerve, now as the seventh cranial nerve, leaving 
the cavity of the cranium by the internal auditory mea- 
tus, traversing the temporal bone in the aqueduct of Fal- 
lopius, emerging at the stylomastoid foramen, and send- 
ing branches to all the superficial muscles of the face. 
facilely 
Facial suture, in trilobites, the line of separation be- 
tween the glahella and the lateral portion of the cephalic 
shield. Facial vein, (a) Anterior, & vein continued 
from tlie angular at the inner an^le of the orbit, crossing 
the face superficially to unite with the anterior division 
of the temporomaxillary vein under the digastric muscle 
to form the common facial. (6) Common, a short trunk, 
formed by tile union of the anterior facial and anterior 
division of temporomaxillary to empty into the jugular at 
the level of the hyoid bone, (c) Deep, a vein passing from 
the pterygoid plexus to empty into the anterior facial 
below the malar bone. Also called anterior internal max- 
illary vein, (d) Posterior, the temporomaxillary vein. 
(e) Transverse, one of two veins passing over the surface 
of the masseter muscle to empty into the common tem- 
poral vein. See basifacial, craniofacial. 
facially (fa'shal-i), adv. 1. In a facial man- 
ner; with reference to the face. 2. Face to 
face ; vis-a-vis. 
faciatat (fa-shi-a'ta), . [It. facciata: see fa- 
date.] Same as/aciate. 
The piazza compasses the faciata of the court and 
chapel. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 25, 1644. 
faciatet (t'a'shi-at), n. [< It. facciata = F. fa- 
qade, facade: see faq ade.] A facade. 
The faciate of this Cathedral is remarkable for its his- 
torical carving. Evelyn, Diary, June 27, 1654. 
facient (fa'shient), n. [< L. facien(t-)s, ppr. 
of facere, make: see fact.'] If. A doer; one 
who does anything, good or bad. 
Is sin in the fact, or in the mind of the facient? 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, p. 68. 
2. In math., a variable of a quantic. Cayley, 
1854 Facients of emanation. See emanation. 
faciesCfa'shi-ez),?!.; pi. fades. [L. : see/ace 1 .] 
1. The face; specifically, in anat., the facial 
part of the skull or of the head. 2. Features, 
visage, countenance, or physiognomy. Hence 
3. The whole outside figure ; the general con- 
figuration. Hence 4. The general aspect or 
appearance of anything; superficial character- 
istics or features ; specifically, the general as- 
pect which an organism presents at the first 
view, before the details have been considered 
separately : as, the fades of a country ; the fa- 
des of a fauna. In zoology often used comparatively, 
in the sense of aspect or appearance : as, having the fades 
of Cicindela (that is, like in general appearance, but not 
necessarily in structure). Fades Hippocratica. See 
flippocratic face, under Hippocratic. 
facile (f as'il), a. [< F. facile = Sp. Pg. facil = 
U.fadle, < L. facilis (archaic facil, adv. facul), 
easy to do, easy, lit. doable, < facere, do, make : 
see fact. Cf. difficile, difficult.] 1. Easy to be 
done, performed, or used ; easy ; not difficult. 
They complain, but will not use the facile and ready 
means to do themselves good. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 152. 
Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. 
Evelyn. 
So may he with more facile question bear it, 
For that it stands not in such warlike brace. 
Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
The ear finds that agreeable which the organs of utter- 
ance flnd/a7. Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 773. 
2. Easy to be moved, removed, surmounted, or 
overcome. 
The facile gates of hell too slightly barr'd. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 967. 
3. Easy of access or converse ; affable ; not 
haughty, austere, or reserved. 
I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. 
B. Jonson. 
4. Easily moved or persuaded to good or bad ; 
pliable ; flexible ; yielding. 
Be nocht ouirfacill for to trow, 
Quhill that ge try the mater throw. 
Lauder, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 251. 
A corrupt judge offendeth not so highly as & facile. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 314. 
He has so modern and facile a vein, 
Fitting the time, and catching the court-ear ! 
B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 2. 
This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile 
a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the 
king's highway. J. Wilson. 
5. Ready; quick; dexterous: as, a, facile arti- 
san or artist ; he wields & facile pen. 
That facile obsequiousness which attracts the incon- 
siderate in Belgians, Frenchmen, and Italians, is too gen- 
erally a mixed product from impudence and insincerity. 
De Quincey, Style, 1. 
A man of ready smile and facile tear, 
Improvised hopes, despairs at nod and beck, 
And language ah, the gift of eloquence ! 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 42. 
To the facile pen of an Oxford man we owe the produc- 
tion of the most popular manual of our history that has 
ever appeared, the Short History of the English People. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 57. 
facilely (fas'il-li), adv. In a facile or easy man- 
ner; easily. [Rare.] 
So facilie he bore 
His royall person. Chapman, Iliad, xxiii. 
