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Whey
·noun The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, ·esp. in...
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whey
an heifer; the only word used in the East Riding of Yorkshire in that sense.
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Faced
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Face>>.
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faced
Turned up with facings on the cuffs and collars of uniforms and regimentals.
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Whey cure
·add. ·- Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths.
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Apple-faced
·adj Having a round, broad face, like an <<Apple>>.
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Bald-faced
·adj Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Bold-faced
·adj Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
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Chub-faced
·adj Having a plump, short face.
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Copper-faced
·adj Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
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Cream-faced
·adj White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Double-faced
·adj Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
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Dough-faced
·adj Easily molded; pliable.
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False-faced
·adj <<Hypocritical>>.
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Fiber-faced
·adj ·Alt. of Fibre-faced.
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Fibre-faced
·adj Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of;
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Janus-faced
·adj Double-faced; deceitful.
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Lean-faced
·adj Having a thin face.
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Moon-faced
·adj Having a round, full face.
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Mulberry-faced
·adj Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
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Pitch-faced
·adj Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true...
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Platter-faced
·adj Having a broad, flat face.
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Pug-faced
·adj Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
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Putty-faced
·adj White-faced;
— used contemptuously.
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Quarry-faced
·adj Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point;
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Sheep-faced
·adj Over-bashful; sheepish.
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Smock-faced
·adj Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
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Tallow-faced
·adj Having a sickly complexion; pale.
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Weasel-faced
·adj Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
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Wizen-faced
·adj Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.
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bacon-faced
Full-faced.
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bracket-faced
Ugly, hard-featured.
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bran-faced
Freckled. He was christened by a baker, he carries the bran in his face.
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brandy-faced
Red-faced, as if from drinking brandy.
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brazen-faced
Bold-faced, shameless, impudent.
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chitty-faced
Baby-faced; said of one who has a childish look.
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corny-faced
A very red pimpled face.
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cribbage-faced
Marked with the small pox, the pits bearing a kind of resemblance to the holes in a cribbage-board.
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platter-faced
Broad-faced.
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ruby faced
Red-faced.
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smock-faced
Fair faced.
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stub-faced
Pitted with the smallpox: the devil ran over his face with horse stabs (horse nails) in his shoes.
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weasel-faced
Thin, meagre-faced. Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp ...
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mezzil-faced
red with pimples. Lane.
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liver-faced
Mean and cowardly, independent of complexion.
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pig-faced lady
n.
an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.).
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