side-facen.
/ˈsʌɪdfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌfeɪs/ The human face in profile; a view or representation of this.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] > outline of
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > profile
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1650 J. Lightfoot Temple xxxviii. 244 I have one reason to conjecture that they [sc. carved figures] had foure heads as well as foure faces, because it will otherwise be very harsh to imagine how his fore-face and right side-face should be set to looke before and behinde.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 14 Your Honour's Side-Face is reduc'd to the tip of your Nose.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 485. ⁋3 It was pleasant to see him diversify his Loveliness, sometimes obliging the Passengers only with a Side-face, with a Book in his Hand.
1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 24 Artists usually chuse to give a Side-face, rather than a Full one.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Silouette, or Profile Instrument, a contrivance for taking the exact outline of an object, particularly the outline of a person's side face.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 306 It is said that no picture is extant of Cardinal Wolsey showing more than the side-face.
1956 C. P. Snow Homecoming xlviii. 345 As the nurse gave him to Margaret his head inclined to her, and I saw his side-face, suddenly transfigured into a cartoon of an adult's.
2011 H. Zou Jesuit Garden in Beijing iv. 88 When Jesuit painters painted a side face that cast shadows, like the Renaissance three-quarter position, the emperor usually rejected it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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