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Definition of Face of an anvil
Face of an anvil Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam
cylinder on which a slide valve moves.
Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface.
Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and
the shoulder angle.
Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at
right angles to the stratification.
Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle.
Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the
flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm.
Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion
when formed in a square.
Face of awatch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or
graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of
day, point of the compass, etc.
Face to face.
(a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the
accuser and the accused face to face.
(b) Without the interposition of any body or substance.
``Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to
face.' 1 --Cor. xiii. 12.
(c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or
toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to back
to back.
To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a
grimace. --Shak.
