1674. Cotton, Complete Gamester, xv. (1680), 96. Then the bottom fac’d Cards are upwards, and then he deals.
1868. Pardon, Card Player, 21. Faced cards necessitate a new deal.
b. Of a body of soldiers: That has faced or turned about.
1796. Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813), 185. When the whole was halted, the proper front would be taken by the faced wing.
c. Of clothing: Turned up with another material.
1661. Pepys, Diary, 13 June. My gray cloth suit and faced white coate.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Faced. Turned up with facings on the cuffs and collars of uniforms and regimentals.
d. Of a block or piece of stone: Having the surface dressed or smoothed.
1865. Lubbock, Preh. Times, xiii. (1878), 491. These [sling-stones] were called ofai ara—faced or edged stones.
e. Of tea: That has been artificially altered in appearance, colored.
1875. The Saturday Review, XL. 30 Oct., 553/1. The consumers of ‘faced’ tea have taken to it for the benefit of manufacturers and importers, and it will be their own fault if they go on using it.
