[f. FACE v. + -ED1.] In senses of the verb. a. Of a card: That has been turned face upwards.
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.
