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† well-faced, a. Obs.
[well adv. 32.]
Having a fair face or good countenance. Also fig.
1553R. Ascham Rept. Germany 29 He was now of the age of xxxii. yeares well faced. a1569A. Kingsmill Godly Advise (1580) 13 Not so well faced as well lived, I meane not so well attired in the outward man as clothed in the inward manne. 1597E. S. Discov. Knts. Poste A 4, If my credit be better then yours, with this my wel-faste hoastice. 1647N. Ward Simple Cobler 2 Hee that hath any well-faced phansy in his Crowne. 1693? Calder Sc. Presbyt. Eloq. (ed. 2) Postscr. 102 A great Hantle of Bonnie braw well fac'd Lasses. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4368/4 On the 15th Instant a pretty well Fac'd Boy..went away from School. |