downface

verb

1. (archaic, rare, transitive)To persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.

   “He will not admit anything, and downfaces everybody. If he can't out-argue them he bullies them, and then takes their silence for agreement with his views.”

   “Didn't I tell you? As true as I'm drinking this porter if he was at his last gasp he'd try to downface you that dying was living.”

   “Mr Kenmis, this lady at a very great risk to herself has had the courage to downface me in my office and show me that an injustice has been done.”

   “The fact is that Gladstone exaggerated or minimised the role of fenianism depending on what line of opposing argument he was endeavouring to downface at any particular time.”

2. (transitive)To disparage; to cause to lose face.

   “Shucks, I didn't want fer them furriners to downface me and, sartin sure, didn't want my kinspeople to be shamed afore them.”

   “For a student to downface and humiliate the Premier in a televised debate, to speak to him as a rather high-handed superior might a junior, as Wuerkaixi did to Li Peng on May 19, was very brave, but also unwise and flatly contradictory to Chinese culture.”

   “My feelings had taken over, elation at having been able to downface the silly woman, but anger at her naked, arrogant anti-Semitism.”

noun

1. A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.

   “However, good breeding of dogs with "fill" below the eyes and "downface" together with development of the prick ear, slowly restored the breed to favor.”

   “In my opinion, the prevalence of the downface (or bucket head, as described by Australian breeder- judge Anne Sorraghan) in the breed is a tremendous threat to correct Airedale type.”

2. The face that is oriented downward.

   “Windows in the downface of the hexagon provide light and a view along with privacy and shade in the east-facing building.”

adj

1. Having or on a downward oriented face.

   “The salient advantages of the downface method show that the pioneer features in block machines have been cleared away and that the device is able to mold cement into natural aspects and on structural and durable lines”

   “The only downface double pressure block ma- chine made, is the DeArmon-McKinney Double Pressure Machine”

   “The stripper mold box may be removed from the base and the downface block attachment can be added in a short time, it is stated.”

adv

1. Further down the face.

   “Also Mr. Warren was working downface. After making his last bar secure he shifted the overhanging coal, keeping himself and others safe.”

   “Sampling stations have been designated intake, maingate, 100 feet downface, and tailgate (fig. 4).”

   “Ground water seepage along face and base of cliff below houses built along top with surface runoff scars visible downface of cliff.”

2. Facing downwards.

   “ABRAHAM (turning ISAAC over facedown): Therefore downface thou shall be laid, Then when I strike thou shall not see.”