face to face : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: face to face	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for face to face
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face to face adv involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Cylinder face} (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. {Face of an anvil}, its flat upper surface. {Face of a bastion} (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. {Face of coal} (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. {Face of a gun}, the surface of metal at the muzzle. {Face of a place} (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm. {Face of a square} (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. {Face of a} {watch, clock, compass, card etc.}, the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. {Face to face}. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. [bd]Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.[b8] 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [85] vis; -- opposed to {back to back}. {To fly in the face of}, to defy; to brave; to withstand. {To make a face}, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. --Shak.