ˌfull-ˈfaced, a.
[f. full a. + face + -ed2.]
1. a. Having a full face; esp. of persons, having a full or plump face.
| 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 31, I was a yong Lad, ruddy-cheek't, full-fac't, and plumpe withall. 1675 Lond. Gaz. No. 980/4 Stolen..a large silver Cup..by a Lodger..a Full-fac'd man. 1796 Hull Advertiser 3 Sept. 2/2 David Hallett..stout made, of a low stature, and full faced. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 230 One side consisting of a full-faced damask rose. |
b. said of the moon at full.
| 1647 H. 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.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry vi. v. 265 The full faced Helmet doth signifie direction or command. 1832 Tennyson Œnone 79 When all the full-faced presence of the Gods Ranged in the halls of Peleus. 1894 J. 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.
| 1824 J. Johnson Typogr. II. i. 10 Being cast in all the various sizes, both Full-faced and Open. 1841 W. 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. 1888 C. 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. |