facing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FA'CING, participle present tense [from face.] 1. Fronting; having the face towards; opposite. 2. Covering the fore part. 3. Turning the face. FA'CING, noun A covering in front for ornament or defense; as the facing of a fortification or of a garment.
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