fascian.
/ˈfeɪʃ(ɪ)ə/, /ˈfeɪsɪə/, U.S. /ˈfeɪʃ(i)ə/ (In sense 3 usually)Brit. /ˈfaʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˈfæʃ(i)ə/ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head- or hair-band
snoodc725
norseleOE
hair-lacea1300
filleta1327
tressurea1350
hair-bandc1440
headbanda1522
forehead-cloth1561
fascia1587
filleting1648
forehead-band1809
taenia1850
bandlet1883
1587 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiop. Hist. 85 Cariclia tied a part of her fascia that was foule, about her head.
1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 218 A Veyle..bound with a Fascia of severall color'd silkes.
1619 M. Drayton Idea in Poems (rev. ed.) 269 Poore Rogue [Cupid] go pawne thy Fascia and thy Bow.
2. Architecture.† b. A ceiling coved on two opposite sides only.
a. Any long flat surface of wood, stone or marble, esp. in the Doric order, the band which divides the architrave, and in the Ionic and Corinthian orders, each of the three surfaces into which the architrave is divided.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > fascia
fascia1563
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > architrave > fascia
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1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Dii The lowest Fascia..the second Fascia..the third Fascia.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 71 Beades in the Fasia, cut at round.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 13 A broad Plinth, or Fatio.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 81 The present edifice [is] built partly with brick, and stone faceas.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) I. 169 This Work..is crowned with a Facia and Torus of wrought Stone.
1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids Introd. p. 46 One [Round Tower] at Ardmore has fasciæ at the several stories, which all the rest..seem to want.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of
lacec1330
plancher1561
concameration1644
fasciaa1652
laqueary1656
cant-ceiling1688
laquear1706
string-piece1789
coved ceiling1796
concha1832
false ceiling1870
wagon-ceiling1875
suspended ceiling1933
a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. i. 54 This fassia is as ye comca but yt terminates in the waale.
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. Palladio Architecture (1721) I. 83 The Hall is arch'd with a Fascia.
c. Chiefly in form facia. The tablet or plate over a shop front on which is written the name and often also the trade of the occupier. Also attributive in facia writer, sign and facia writer.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-front > board over
fascia1909
fascia-board1924
1868 J. Blenkarn Pract. Specif. Wks. 378 Provide summer beam 9 x 12 to rest upon the piers in front for carrying shop facia and wall above.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1354 To the ends of the rafters a facia should be nailed.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 52 Sign and Facia writer.
1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. iii. 100 The bright little shop still saying ‘Ponderevo’ with all the emphasis of its fascia.
1911 Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. 74 A butcher's shop with this sign on the facia board.
1931 Notes & Queries 14 Nov. 354/1 A double-fronted shop..and the name ‘Deck’ in the middle of the facia.
1963 Gloss. Build. Terms (B.S.I.) 23 Fascia, a long and relatively narrow upright face at eaves or cornice or over a shop front.
1971 Guardian 21 July 11/5 In worn-out Upper Street..gaudy fascias brighten up derelict façades.
d. Chiefly in form facia. The instrument panel or dashboard of a motor vehicle. See also Compounds.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard
instrument board1839
instrument panel1897
dash1902
dashboard1904
fascia-board1924
fascia1955
fascia-panel1957
1955 Times 19 July 11/6 The full width of the facia.
3. Anatomy.
a. A thin sheath of fibrous tissue investing a muscle or some special tissue or organ; an aponeurosis.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fibre > [noun] > sheath consisting of
fascia1788
1788 H. Watson in Med. Communications 2 268 Tendinous expansions, or Fasciæ..support the muscles.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 30 A tumour formed apparently beneath the fascia of his thigh.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Fascia lata, a strong tendinous expansion..to surround the muscles of the thigh.
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 413 The palmar fascia and the transverse ligament of the metacarpal bones.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 163 The temporal fascia in the turtle.
1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 24 The superficial fascia of muscles.
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 318/1 Connective tissue (fascia lata).
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 156 The fascia lata is attached above to the pelvis and inguinal ligament and below to the condyles round the knee joint.
b. The substance of which this is composed.
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1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 133 This muscle is only covered by skin and fascia.
4. Any object, or collection of objects, that gives the appearance of a band or stripe.
a. Astronomy. The belt of a planet.
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the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet
terminator1661
belt1665
fascia1704
fibre1715
white spot1784
dayside1827
nightside1848
albedo1860
north pole1861
polar cap1863
core1882
regolith1897
tectonics1899
sediment ring1955
radiation belt1958
palaeo-radius1960
space needle1961
soil1967
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Fasciæ, in the Planet Mars, are certain Rows of Spots, parallel to the Equator of that Planet, which looks like Swathes or Fillets wound round about his Body.
1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Fasciæ, the belts seen on the discs of the superior planets.
b. Conchology. A row of perforations.
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ix. 571 The ambulacra..are not arranged in fasciæ.
c. Botany, Zoology, and Ornithology. A band of colour.
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 152 There are three brown fasciæ running over it of considerable breadth.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxii. 302 The secondary wings are black with an orange fascia near the posterior margin.
1839 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Birds Great Brit. & Ireland (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. II) II. 80 An ill-defined ochraceous fascia across the vent.
d. Heraldry. = fesse n.1
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1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 694/2 The Fess, fesse, fascia, is a strip placed horizontally across the middle of the field.
Compounds
Chiefly in form facia. attributive (in sense 2), as fascia-board, fascia-panel, etc.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-front > board over
fascia1909
fascia-board1924
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard
instrument board1839
instrument panel1897
dash1902
dashboard1904
fascia-board1924
fascia1955
fascia-panel1957
1924 H. J. Butler Motor Bodywork xviii. 279 A front facia board of 1″ stuff.
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son i. 9 Painted in white letters on a black fascia-board ‘John Verity—Dealer in Antiques’.
1937 Times 9 Oct. 9/2 The facia board is clearly planned so that the instruments are easily read by the driver.
1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach i. 21 He could hardly remember what the fascia panel looked like or on which side the seat adjustment lever lay.
1959 Motor Man. 93 A push-pull knob on the facia panel.
2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Mar. 10 The facia top is a soft, sueded, textured plastic.
Draft additions October 2011
Chiefly British. The front face or control panel of a piece of electronic equipment; (also) a removable front face or housing for a mobile phone or other electronic device.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > parts of telephone
induction coil1837
ferrotype1857
telephone receiver1875
mouthpiece1877
receiver1877
microphone1878
telephone trumpet1879
magneto bell1882
magneto call bella1884
rest1883
hook1885
receptor1898
telephone dial1898
ringer1899
dial1900
Button A (or B)1922
switch hook1922
phone bell1924
hybrid coil1925
cradle1929
dial wheel1938
hybrid transformer1941
scriber1968
fascia1973
1973 Gramophone Sept. 591 (advt.) SolarVox amplifiers are finished in teak effect with matt black facia and contrasting bright trim.
1990 Marketing (Nexis) 19 July The Audioline Tel 22 is equipped with an interchangeable fascia which enables the phone to be used whatever the interior.
1996 Times (Nexis) 23 July Both Ora and Motorola offer fascias that make the front of your phone look different.
1998 What Hi-Fi? May 72/3 The fascia of the Denon is something of a buttonfest, and lacks the tuning knob used with varying success on the other two.
2002 Independent 25 Sept. 19/4 The handset's plastic fascia and surround can be broken off and sent for ‘granulation’.
2006 Arena Oct. 192/1 The Intempo PP-01 portable digital radio combines..decent speakers with the aesthetic bonus of a changeable front fascia you can bespokerise.
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