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ˈwhite-face, n. and a.
Also whiteface, † white face.
A. n.
†1. The widgeon. Obs. rare.
1709[see bald-face 1].
2. One of a Hereford herd of cattle. Now chiefly N. Amer.
1860W. White Wrekin xi. 93, I journeyed down..into the fertile champaign of the whitefaces. 1965E. McCourt Road across Canada 152 Herds of white-faces dot the slopes.., grazing knee-deep in the lush grass of the wide valley-bottoms. 1970M. G. Eberhart El Rancho Rio (1971) viii. 85 I've been breeding white-faces—pure-bred Herefords.
3. White or light-coloured make-up, esp. as worn by a clown, or by a Black actor playing a white character. orig. U.S.
1895N.Y. Dramatic News 9 Nov. 14/4 Lew Dockstader, in his new white-face act,..will be seen at Keith's, November 18. 1947Partisan Rev. Jan.–Feb. 65 The selection of Canada Lee, a negro in white-face, to play Bosola. 1948M. Winter in P. Magriel Chron. Amer. Dance 53/1 English clowns..returned to whiteface, but kept certain characteristics of blackface performers. 1981Times 11 Apr. 7/1 We find him grovelling on the floor like a mock Othello in whiteface.
B. adj. Of an animal: having a white face.
1785T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 126 White face teal. 1961R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife xvii. 217 There's a herd of top whiteface cows. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. c20/5 (Advt.), Whiteface Capuchin male, 2 years old. 1984Properties Open in 1984 (National Trust) 40 A Country Park surrounds the property and contains a flock of Whiteface Woodland sheep. |