a. [f. FACE sb. + -LESS.] Without a face, † a. Of persons: Lacking face or courage; cowardly. b. Of a coin: Having the device and legend obliterated.

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  a.  1567.  Sempill, Lordis Just Quarrel, in Ballates (1872), 30. Quhen faceles fuillis sall not be settin by.

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1596.  Edward III., I. ii. 9. Faceless fear that ever turns his back.

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1727–36.  in Bailey.

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1775.  Ash, s.v. Having no face.

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  b.  1855.  Fraser’s Mag., LI. March, 272. Specimens of the bronze coinage of the later emperors; these are mostly trite and faceless, as a farthing of the reign of George III.

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