Facings. Are also the cuffs and collars of a military coat, and are generally of a different color from that of the coat.
Faction. In ancient history, one of the troops or bodies of combatants in the games of the circus, especially of the horse-races.
Faction. A term applied in an ill sense to any party in a state that offers uncompromising opposition to the measures of the government, or that endeavors to excite public discontent upon unreasonable grounds.
Faction (Fr.). The duty done by a private soldier when he patrols, goes the round, etc., but most especially when he does duty as a sentinel. The French usually say, entrer en faction, to come upon duty; etre en faction, to be upon duty; sortir de faction, to come off duty.
Factionnaire (Fr.). Soldat factionnaire, a soldier that does every species of detail duty. The term factionnaire was likewise applicable to the duty done by officers in the old French service.
Faenza (anc. Faventia). A town in Central Italy, 19 miles southwest of Ravenna. Faventia is noted in history as the place where Carbo and Norbanus were defeated with great loss by Metillus, the general of Sulla, in 82 B.C.
Fæsulæ. See [Fiesole].
Fag-end. Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted. To fag out, to wear out the end of a rope or a piece of canvas.
Fagnano. A village of Italy, 12 miles from Verona. In 1799 a battle was fought here between the Austrians and French.
Fagots. See [Fascines].