facia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of facia
1880–85; spelling variant of fascia, perhaps through confusion with Latin faciēs, English face, facial, etc.
Example Sentences
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Outside of school--testudine facia, that sort of thing.
From Dragon's blood by Henry Milner Rideout
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 John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
The newspaper shop displayed the number given in the note on its grimy facia.
From The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest
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 James Slough Zerbe
It was only four doors farther on, and at this establishment there was a shop front, with the name “B. Sturt” on the facia.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by George Manville Fenn
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