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ˌfull-ˈfaced, a.
[f. full a. + face + -ed2.]
1. a. Having a full face; esp. of persons, having a full or plump face.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 31, I was a yong Lad, ruddy-cheek't, full-fac't, and plumpe withall. 1675Lond. Gaz. No. 980/4 Stolen..a large silver Cup..by a Lodger..a Full-fac'd man. 1796Hull Advertiser 3 Sept. 2/2 David Hallett..stout made, of a low stature, and full faced. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 230 One side consisting of a full-faced damask rose.
b. said of the moon at full.
1647H. More Song of Soul iii. ii. xxvii, Not from full-faced Cynthia.
2. Having the face turned fully on the spectator or in some specified direction.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry vi. v. 265 The full faced Helmet doth signifie direction or command. 1832Tennyson Œnone 79 When all the full-faced presence of the Gods Ranged in the halls of Peleus. 1894J. P. Hopps in Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 2/1 As full-faced to the sunshine as you are today.
3. Printing. Designating letters, chiefly capitals, which have a face occupying the complete body size.
1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. i. 10 Being cast in all the various sizes, both Full-faced and Open. 1841W. Savage Dict. Art Printing 247 A full faced letter is considerably larger in proportion than a letter of the regular face upon the same body. 1888C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 49 Full-faced letter, a fount of capitals which has no beard on the top of the shank, occupying the whole depth of the body. |