facia

American  

[fey-shuh] / ˈfeɪ ʃə /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. dashboard.

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facia British  

/ ˈfeɪʃɪə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of fascia

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Other Word Forms

• facial adjective

Etymology

Origin of facia

1880–85; spelling variant of fascia, perhaps through confusion with Latin faciēs, English face, facial, etc.

Example Sentences

Not being able to make myself understood I went outside, looked at the facia, and found I had gone to the wrong address.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles

All unsuccessful dogmatical attempts of reason are facia, which it is always useful to submit to the censure of the sceptic.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

John Minute, descending from his cab at the door, looked up at the imposing facia with a frown.

From The Man Who Knew by Wallace, Edgar

Outside of school--testudine facia, that sort of thing.

From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner

The base is nailed to the lower edges of the rafters, and the facia is then applied.

From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough