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Show I AR Fee- FACE. . /. [ face, French, from facies, Lat. Hail and farewell they fhouted thrice amain FA 'This fenf g A lyes a vicious falfehood is merely familiar It would look like a fwble to report that this gen tleman gives away a great fortune by fecret methods Addifon 95 Fa'sLE. «w. 2 [from the noun. 1. To feign; to write not truth but fition That Saturn's fons receiv'd the three-fold reig Of heav'n, of ocean, and deep hell beneath Prior .Old poets mention fzbling Vain now the tales which fzbling poets tell That way'ring conqueft ftill defires to rove In Marlbro's camp the goddefs knows to dwell Prior 2. T tell falfchoods t a familia lye ufe He fablesnot: I hear the enemy. Shak. Hen. V1 9o Fa'BLE. @. 2. To feign W to tell falfely mean to win Or turn this heaven itfelf into the hel Thou fablefs Miltow's Paradife Loft ~. Ladies of th' Hefperides, they feem' Fairer than feign'd of old, or fz4/°d finc Of fairy damfels met in foreft wide By knights Milton's Paradife Loft Fa'sLeDp. adj. [from fable. Celebrated i fables Hail, fabled grotto hail, Elyfian foil - Thou faireft fpot of fair Britannia's ifle Fa'BLER 7 / [from fable. Tickell A dealer i fition; a writer of feigned ftories 9o FA'BRICATE. @. a. [ fabricor, Latin. 1. To build; to conftruct 2. 'To forge; to devife falfely. 'This fenf is retained among the Scottifh lawyers - for when they fufpeét a paper to be forged they fay it is fzbricate Fasrica/tion. =z [ [from fabricate. The ac& of building conftrution This fabrication of the human body is the immediate work of a vital principle, that formeth th firt rudiments of the human nature Hale Fa'srick. n. [ [ fabrica, Latin. 1. A building; an edifice There muft be an exquifite care to place the coJumns, fet in feveral ftories, moft precifely one ove another, that {o the folid may anfwer to the folid and the vacuities to the vacuities, as well for beaut as ftrength of the fabrick Wotton 2. Any fyftem or compages of matter; an body formed by the conjunction of diffimilar parts Still will ye think it ftrange "That all the parts of this great fabrick change Quit their old ftation and primeval frame Prior 9 Fa'srick. v. a build [from the noun. to form T to conftruét Shew what laws of lif The cheefe inhabitants obferve, and ho Fabrick their manfions Falsurist 7z writer of fables Philips [ fabuliffe, French. Quitting Efop and the fabulifts, he copies Boccace Croxal Our bard's a fabulif?, and deals infiction. Garrick ¥asvrosity Fulnef w of feigne [ fabulfitas ftories Latin. fabulous in vention In their fabulofity they report, that they ha obfervations for twenty thoufand years Abbor's Defcript. of the W orld Fa'svurovs. adj. [ fabulofus, Latin. "ed full of fables, invented tales Feign A perfon terrified with the imagination of fpectres s more reafonable than one who thinks the appearance of {pirits fabulous and groundle(s Fa'surousLy fition adv Addifon [from fabulous. I in a fabulous manner There are many things fabulow/ly delivered, an arenot to be accepted as truths, Brown's Vulg. Err 1. The'vifage The children of Ifrael faw the face of Mofes that the {kin of Mofes's face thong. Exod. xxxiv.35 A man fhall fee faces, which, if you examin them part by part, you fhall never find good; bu Bucor take them together, are not uncomely From beauty flill to beauty ranging Addifon's Speiator In every fuce I found adart 2. Countenance; caft of the features; look air of the face Kick'd out, we fet the beft face on't we could Dryden's Virg Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge, how wretched 1 Who can't be filent, and who will not lye To laugh, were want of goodnefs and of grace And to be grave, exceeds all power of face Pope 3. The furface of any thing A mift watered the whole face of the g-round. Gern 4+ The front or forepart of any thing Th the Eaft, wa toward houfe of the face of th breadt 14 Exek. xli an hundred cubits 5. Vifible ftate of affairs He look'd, and faw the fizce of things quitechang'd The brazen throat of war had ceas'd to roar refemblance; look Fury and art produce effets fo ftrange Waller They trouble nature, and her vifage change His dialogue has fo much the face of probability that fome have miiftaken it for a real conference Baker fight; ftate of confrontation and one fhall fla Numb. xix. 3 Jove cannot fear; then tell me to my face That I of all the gods am leaft in grace. Dryd. Hiad To ¥ack. v. a 1. To meet in front; to oppofe with confidence and firmnefs Il fac This tempeft, and deferye the name of king. Dryder We get intelligence of the force of the enemy troops to_fac of e and caft about for a fufficient num the enemy in the field of battle. Addifon on the War They are as loth to fee the fires kindied in Smithfield as his lordthip; and, at leafk, as ready to fac them under a popifh perfecution They're thinking, by his face To faften in our thoughts that they have courage Shakefp. Fulius Cefar. But 'tis not fo How many things are there which a man cannot fay or do himfelf man can {carce allege his own merits with modefty much lefs extol them: a man cannot fometime Bacon brook to fupplicate or beg You'll find the thing will not be don Hudibras With ignorance and face alone You, fays the judge to the wolf, have the face t challenge that which yo never loft; and you to den have the confidenc he to the fox fay tha L' Eftrange . which you have fiolen This is the man that has the face to charge other Tillotfony Preface with falfe citations 9. Diftortion of the face Shame itfelf Why do you make fuch faces Face 2o Face with down We trepan'd the ftate, and fac'd it dow With plots and projects of our vwn Becaufe he walk'd againit his will Shakefp. Macbeth [An adverbial expreflion. an ma not the manne to die befor of the Roman to delive he whic is accufe tha Aétsy xxv, 16 have his accufers face to face 2. Nakedly withou the interpofition o Now we fee through a glafs darkly face but then face t .2 Gors xiii v. 7 [from the noun. 1. 'To carry a falfe appearance; to play th hypocrite 3+ To ftand oppofite to On one fide is the head of the emperor Trajan the reverfe has on it the circus Maximus, and view of the fide of the Palatine mountain that face Addifon on Italy The temple is defcribed fquare, and the fou fronts with open gates, facing the different quarter of the world to lye To face, to forge, to'fcoft, to company. Hubb. Tale Face about, man enemy Pope The fortification of Soleurre is_faced with marble Addifon Where your old bank is hollow, face it with th firft fpit of earth that you dig out of the ditch Mortimer's Hufbandry Fa'cevess. adj. [from face.] Being without a face Bailey Facepar'NTER. 2. [ [face and painter. A drawer of portraits; a painter wh draws from the life Faceea'intinG. 7. [ [ face and painting. The art of drawing portraits . Georgione the cotemporary of Titian excelle in portraits or facepainting. - Dryden's Dufrefnoy n furface [ facerte, French. {fuperficie cu A {mal int fevera angles Honour that is gaine an broken upon another hath the quickeft refleGtion, like diamonds cut wit Sfacets Bacon FACE'TIOUS French; fa adj. [ facetieux cetie, Latin. Gay; chearful; lively merry; witty. It is ufed both of perfons and fentiments Socrates informe of fome derogatin fpeeche ufed of him behind his back, made this facetion reply, Let him beat me too when 1 am abfent Government of the Tongue Face'rrousvy. adw. [from facetious.] Gaily; cheerfully wittily #z / merrily [from facetions. Cheerful wit; mirth; gaety Fa'civre. adj. [ facile, French; facilis, Lat. 1. Eafy; not difficult; performable or attainable with little labour. Then alfo' thofe poets, which are no moft hard, wil counte be both facile and pleafant Milton on Education formance as th the cuckoo to come in front a foldier and afraid of th Dryden Then thrice the mounted fquadrons ride aroun The fire, and Arcite's name they thrice refound Gotcham's defig of hedging i Glanville By dividing it into parts fo diitin@, the order i which they fhall find each difpofed, will render th work jlzciz'e and delightful _This ma Thou needs muft learn to laugh 2. To turn the face Prior To confine the imagination is as facile a per other bodies To Face Hudibras He fac'd men down that he ftood fill Face'vrrousness 1. When both parties are prefent Iti Swift 2. 'Fo oppofe with impudence: commenl 8. Confidence; boldnefs; freedom from bafh\Fa'c r fulnefs or confufion with any fuce or comelinefs turn' Dryder to inveft with a covering With thefe loft {pirits; run all their mazes with 'em Ben Fonfon For fuch are treafons At the firft fhock, with blood and powder ftain'd Nor heav'n, nor fea, their former face retain'd Ye thall give her unto Eleazar her before his fuce the Addifon. 4. To cover with' an additional fuperficies Keep ftill your former face, and mix agai 7. Prefence thenc it All now was turn'd to jollity and game Milton To luxury and riot, feaft and dance This would produce a new face of things in Europe 6. Appearance Thrice facing to the left, an again a firit fee Evelyn' perplexe Kalendar wit man dxf'nculpes, yet many things may be fuggefted t make it more faci/e and commodious Wilkins 2. Ealily furmountable eafily conquerable The facile gates of hell too {lightly barr'd, Milior 3. Eafy of accefs or converfe; nothaughty not fupercilious; not auftere 4 Z 1 mea |