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facial, a. and n.|ˈfeɪʃɪəl, -ʃəl|
[a. F. facial, ad. med.L. faciāl-is of the face, f. faciēs face.]
A. adj.
†1. Theol. In facial sight, facial vision = L. visio facialis: Face to face, immediate, open. Obs.
1609Bell Theoph. & Remig. 16 The cleare and faciall vision of God. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 194 Saint Steven..had a faciall sight of his Saviour. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 17 You in that Beatifick Height, Had of Triunal God a facial Sight.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the face or visage; frequent in Anat., as in facial artery, facial nerve, etc.
1818Hooper Med. Dict., Facial nerve. 1841Catlin N. Amer. Ind. (1844) II. lviii. 226 Facial outline of the North American Indians. 1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. 273 The Facial artery arises a little above the great cornu of the os hyoides. 1855Thackeray Newcomes I. 213 A man of..great facial advantages. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. iv. 68 Biting her lips with an upward contraction of the facial muscles. 1874Wood Nat. Hist. 281 The Virginian Eared Owl.—The facial disc is brown, edged with black.
b. Palæont. facial suture (see quot. 1884).
1872Nicholson Palæont. 167 The facial suture is wanting. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Facial suture, the line of division between the glabella and the free cheek on each side in a Trilobite.
c. facial angle: the angle formed by two lines, one horizontal from the nostrils to the ear, the other (called the facial line) more or less vertical from the nostrils to the forehead.
The facial angle above described is that of Camper; various other ‘facial angles’ have been subsequently proposed, and to some extent adopted in craniometry.
1822W. Lawrence Lect. Phys. 146 The ancients..were aware that an elevated facial line..indicated a noble and generous nature. Hence they have extended the facial angle to 90°. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xvii. (1852) 388 From their low facial angle they [some Lizards] have a singularly stupid appearance. 1866Livingstone Jrnl. (1873) I. vi. 140 Many have quite the Grecian facial angle.
d. facial eczema: a disease of sheep in New Zealand.
1910N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 15 Nov. 464 The prevalence of so-called facial eczema among sheep last year. 1950Ibid. Oct. 317/1 Adverse weather may temporarily change pasture to a toxic state capable of producing facial eczema in stock.
e. facial tissue: a soft, absorbent kind of tissue paper; a face-tissue.
1930H. Rubinstein Art Feminine Beauty xvi. 265 Spread cream over the face, and wipe it off with a bit of clean linen or fine facial tissues. 1953‘S. Ransome’ Drag Dark (1954) i. 15 Box of face powder unspilled, facial tissues neatly folded.
3. Of or belonging to the visible part or surface of anything. facial value = face-value.
1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. 33 The external or facial surface, forms the anterior part of the bone. 1862Rawlinson Anc. Mon. I. vi. 371 To compensate for this monotony in its [the façade's] facial line. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 328 Seeds..with 2 facial furrows. 1884Pall Mall G. 28 June 5 The coupons can be purchased under their facial value.
†4. quasi-n. = facial angle. Obs.
c1817Fuseli Lect. Art x. (1848) 526 Camper..appears to have ascertained, not only the difference of the faceal [sic] in animals, but that which discriminates nations.
B. n. Beauty treatment for the face. Also transf. orig. U.S.
1914G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 84 I've got fourteen heads to dress..and most of them want a facial, too. 1932Kansas City Times 26 Apr. 16 The north side of the courthouse clock is peeling... The newspaper suggests a facial. 1934[see beautician]. 1937Time & Tide 12 June, Why don't they dress better and have a facial occasionally? 1959Observer 15 Mar. 13/5, I don't have facials now: I keep that and massage in reserve for when I get older. 1961Time (Atlantic ed.) 6 Jan. 7 The Capitol dome, which has just had a dazzling, million⁓dollar facial, beamed down on the city.
Hence ˈfacially adv. † (a) Face to face. (b) With reference to the face.
a1641[D. Baker] Holy Pract. Devine Lover (1657) 6 In this life only enigmaticallie..in the future facially and really. 1864Daily Tel. 1 Aug., His Excellency is not facially remote from the portraits of Talleyrand.
Add:[A.] [2.] f. facial sauna, a kind of steam bath as a beauty treatment for the face; also, the device or equipment used to provide this.
1967Consumer Reports May 245/2 What do you get for the $20 to $30 or so that a facial ‘sauna’ sets you back? Ibid. 246/2 We decided..to test a few facial saunas. 1978P. Roth Professor of Desire 70 Three times a week the bath is followed by her facial sauna... She sits at the counter of our tiny kitchenette, her turbaned head tilted over a bowl of steaming hot water sprinkled with rosemary and camomile and elder flower. 1984Christian Science Monitor 24 Feb. 25/2 ‘BathWomb’ features 16 separate functions, including..telephone, massage unit, and facial sauna. |